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As villagerrr, Mark Allen Scott's patient songs are mesmerizing and unmistakably Midwestern. On his latest record, 'Tear Your Hear Out,' the prolific Ohio artist pinpoints quiet, mundane experiences and imbues them with disarming emotional clarity. It's a record for long drives dappled with sunlight and small-town get-togethers. Chalk-full of home-recorded songs of tasteful indie rock with understated twang, the record solidifies Scott as an essential voice alongside the rising tide of his peers and collaborators. Originally released in 2024 by Darling Recordings, 'Tear Your Heart Out' was warmly received and thrived on the undercurrent, rippling out into a handful of sold out tape runs, tours with Real Estate, Horse Jumper of Love and Momma, and most recently, a record deal with Winspear, the LA-based tag that has issued breakout records from Slow Pulp, Barrie and Wishy. The tag will be issuing the LP on vinyl for the first time, and will also be releasing a Digital Deluxe Edition of the LP featuring five previously unreleased recordings. Now based in Columbus, Scott was raised in Chillicothe, Ohio alongside the Scioto River. It's a rural town that he says felt small and stifling growing up but, for all it's faults, now feels like home. InchI want to wear where I'm from and my family on my sleeve,Inch says Scott. InchI'm proud of the twangy influence in my music from corny country songs I'd hear on the bus rides to school. I feel like I'm reclaiming where I come from and making it my own.Inch villagerrr took form in early 2022 as a way for Scott to make music on his own terms by writing, recording, performing, and releasing everything himself. It was the start of an exceptionally prolific period for Scott. He released three albums, 'Brain Pain', 'Ohioan', and 'Like Leaves' as well as an EP, 'Something or Somewhere Else'. Initially, these releases were shared as quiet
