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U.S. Girls "Scratch It" RSD Essential This is artist Michael Staple'sScratch It weaves together country, gospel, garage rock, soul, disco, folk balladry, and more, with Remys masterful songwriting threaded throughout. Her choice to discard the computer based production of previous albums in favor of two inch tape serves the songs well, introducing an element of sonic shapeshifting expected from an artist nearly twenty years into making records. If instinct was an instrument, Remy would be a virtuoso. Scratch It and