Atlanda girl-punk quartet The Coathangers release their double a-side single ‘Hurricane’/’Johnny’ TODAY! Limited to 300 copies, it is out on hand numbered clear flexidisc through X-Ray Recordings with artwork including a photo taken by The Thermals drummer Westin Glass during their European tour together earlier this year.
To celebrate the release, the two tracks are streaming online here
‘Hurricane’/’Johnny’ Flexidisc by WorkItMedia
The Coathangers‘ new album ‘Larceny & Old Lace’ was released back in June through the excellent Suicide Squeeze and floored critics with its energy and attitude. Swinging frantically from ferocious to saccharine sweet, all the while showing an uncanny flair for writing thoroughly addictive hooks, The Coathangers do girl punk with more panache, style and humour than any of their peers.
The gloriously gritty a-side‘Hurricane’ will not fail to have you air drumming at your desk and is accompanied by this rather awesome video. It comes teamed up with the viscious no-wave snarls of ‘Johnny’.
The Coathangers were a band before they were musicians. Their jokey attitude ran deep, right down to their name–a self-admittedly crude abortion reference for an all-girl group. The whole knowing-how-to-play-an-instrument thing was just a minor hurdle in their musical mission. And to their credit, The Coathangers stormed onto the scene, regardless of the handicap, as a completely unaffected, unpretentious, deliciously sloppy, and totally infectious rock band. What they lacked in formal training they made up for in an innate understanding of how to craft a hook and propel a song forward on sheer charisma.
Five years later, that reckless energy from their half-serious roots is every bit as vibrant and rambunctious on their latest album. But this time around we’re hearing a band that’s honed their trade and incorporated more stylistic variations; their first experience in a proper studio. The Coathangers’ latest offering is easily their best record to date and these two tracks the jewel in it’s crown.
X-Ray Recordings is a new London-based record label with just one simple mission; to release music they love. The name X-Ray Recordings originates in the fact that x-rays were used as a readily available material for making flexidiscs to distribute underground punk and jazz records, which were prohibited in the Soviet Union after World War 2. For more news on future releases visit www.xrayrecordings.com.
