AMG Review of More Scared

Mike DaRonco
All Music Guide

Being dubbed as "The House of Faith Years," this record documents the Swingin' Utters' work that was recorded at the studio under the same name between 1991-1993; hence, a lot of this material was previously released on vinyl, including their first EP (Gives You Strength) and the Scared mini-LP (released as Johnny Peebucks & the Swingin' Utters). The usual street-smart, pub-drinking, 1977-influenced punk can be found on here, including an exciting, unreleased Stiff Little Fingers cover of "Here We Are Nowhere." Unfortunately, a lot of this falls under the categories of redundant and boring at times. All in all though, More Scared is a pretty handy package featuring out-of-print and hard-to-find material; but at the same time, one could understand why everything found on here has been unavailable for so long.