Scratch It
2025 studio album by U.S. Girls
Scratch It is the ninth studio album by American record producer Meghan Remy, under the stage name U.S. Girls. It was released on June 20, 2025, via 4AD in LP, CD and digital formats.
Recorded in a ten-day period in Nashville, the album was preceded by Remy's 2023 release, Bless This Mess. "Bookends" was released as the lead single of the album on May 6, 2025. It was written by Remy and Edwin de Goeij, and its music video was directed by Caity Arthur. "No Fruit" followed as the second single on June 16, 2025.
Reception
Luke Winstanley of Clash gave it a rating of nine and called it "another meticulously produced, frequently dazzling triumph", stating "Even more significant, however, was the decision to record straight to tape with a tightly assembled group of musicians and – by her standards, at least – limited instrumentation over the course of just 10 days."
Writing for Beats Per Minute, Tom Williams assigned the album a rating score of 82%. He noted, "It's hard to imagine a finer tribute, and with Scratch It, it's hard to imagine a finer U.S. Girls album." Le Devoir rated Scratch It three stars and commented, "Country at heart, but above all rock, folk and pop, with guitars with strings that roll up on the tip of the neck and a micro-dose of psychedelia exuding from these tender and sometimes heartbreaking compositions." New Noise's Oscar Ortega gave it a 3.5-star rating and remarked, the album "beckons an isolated feeling drawing from various forms of regret" and "despite its internal dejection, is walking towards a light, eagerly waiting to see what's on the other side."
In a 8.0-rated review for Pitchfork, Sadie Sartini Garner opined, on the album, "she's looser than ever before, letting the contradictions arise naturally rather than spelling them out. Across Scratch It, Remy's vocal tone and pitch land somewhere between the baby doll pout of Gwen Stefani and the down-home coo of Dolly Parton." PopMatters' Rick Quinn stated, "Scratch It speaks to our urges, to the surface that hides and reveals the depths of things, and to the way that looking back provides little clarity into the past, but helps us to attend to the future breaking into the present," rating it eight. Laut.de referred to it as an "interesting album that feels unique without being able to deliver on all fronts," giving it a rating of three stars.
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