SCISSOR FITS - It Wasn't Nothing

Limited to 300 Copies on Black Vinyl with Full Color two-sided insert

"Hounslow: a seemingly unassuming town with a storied history. Birthplace of MF DOOM. Final destination of the northbound 281 bus. And once upon a time, the stomping ground of beloved post-punks, Scissor Fits. Formed in 1978, with a stripped-down, spiky DIY sound as their sonic template, the band recorded their legendary debut EP ‘Taught? Tense? Angular? And Other British Rail Sandwiches’ before they'd even played a live gig. An instant classic featuring arch but relatable ditties such as 'I Don't Wanna Work For British Airways', 'I Wish I Hadn't Shaved My Pubic Hair Off' and 'Waiting For Your Love In The Shower' the EP garnered glowing press and the inevitable support of John Peel.
A second EP 'Soon After Dark' was released in 1979, which found the band adding a poppy, quasi-psychedelic twist to their now beefed-up sound, and a superb final recording from the same era could easily have made up a third EP. In the tradition of so many punky posses of their time however, the Fits called it quits after just two fabulous singles, burning brightly and briefly, and their legacy is now captured here on this career-spanning compilation. Featuring both the band's EPs, plus four sumptuous previously unreleased tracks, this is the definitive Scissor Fits article. Dive in."

-Ed Zed, Strange Flesh

"Scissor Fits emerged during what may be seen in retrospect as the golden age of DIY and post-punk music spanning the late seventies and early eighties. Punk struck at the very heart of the rock establishment and thanks to the ground cleared by the revolution; the group found themselves in an exciting era sympathetic to new musical ideas and attitudes.

Scissor Fits were quite close in spirit to the whimsical, mildly psychedelic Television Personalities, or sixties garage bands like the Electric Prunes: a linear sound complemented by a quirky lyricism that was part Donald Fagen and part Frank Zappa with a dash of sarcastic West London humour.

Scissor Fits made quite a noise on the Richmond and Twickenham scene. More Hounslow than Hamburg, they regularly ventured out into the Home Counties and along the South Coast, gaining a small but vociferous following. Among their assets was vocalist Nick East; film-star handsome and affable; a kind of new wave Tony Newley: the focal point of a band whose collective gentility made for a unique style that was both witty and thought-provoking. They weren’t the most political, or the most arty, and certainly not the loudest, but they made their mark.

It wasn’t nothing."

-Mike Alway