Scars
And if you thought Looper had baggage, how does the working title of 'Nick
McCabe's Mates' Band' grab you?
Doubly burdened by the attentions of this generation's Johnny Marr/John Squire/Bernard Butler 'troubled guitarist' figure, and the hot rumour they sounded just like The Verve, it's a wonder Witness ever got up the nerve to put fingers onto frets in public. But earnestly strum they did. And this second single is Witness' latest attempt to wrest an honest identity from the music business' weakness for new things that sound exactly like successful old things.
As it happens, 'Scars' sounds like a more minimal, beaten-up REM. But then, that's no bad thing, really.