When an artist follows her instinct, rather than money or trends, she can find inspiration anywhere. It was instinct
that first led Meg Remy out of her Illinois hometown as a teenager in the early aughts. Not long after making that
initial life-changing departure, it was instinct that led Remy to start performing solo under a plural moniker, U.S.Girls. Decades into her storied career as the visionary behind the now critically-acclaimed U.S. Girls project, it was instinct that led Remy to blurt out “we should make a record together” to guitarist Dillon Watson at a hotel bar in Arkansas after playing a festival in Hot Springs, setting in motion the already classic Scratch It, out June 20, 2025.

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With Watson on guitar, Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, Loretta Lynn) on bass, Domo Donoho on drums, and both Jo Schornikow and Tina Norwood on keys, the primary players assembled at Bomb Shelter Studio, in Nashville. Remy’s longtime collaborator and life partner Maximilian Turnbull came on to co-produce, with Andrija Tokic engineering. Harmonica legend and the “utility man” himself, Charlie McCoy (Elvis, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, among others), would join in on some songs too. In just ten days, Scratch It took form, recorded live off the floor with minimal overdubs and mixed to tape. The warmth and authenticity of the songs is immediate, a testament
to the prepared and confident crew on both the floor and in the control room. A closeness and ease emanates from the core band—Watson, Lawrence, Donoho, Schornikow and Norwood, who’ve been playing together for years— with Remy’s singular voice sparkling on top of every tune, the most relaxed it has ever been.