The Coathangers - Nosebleed Weekend - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In their early years, Atlanta trio The Coathangers were very much of the classic punk ethos-the band was a live entity, and the records were a document of the charisma and chaos projected from stage. But after 12 years of relentlessly touring on a steady flow of EPs and LPs, The Coathangers finally took a moment to recalibrate before diving into the creation of their sixth studio album The Devil You Know. The band regrouped to make an album that captures all the vitality of their early years while honing their individual strengths into new communal achievements. It's a record that takes their established takes on vitriolic punk, playful house-party anthems, and heartworn ballads and melds them into a new sound that retains all their former live show glories while revealing a new level of songwriting and nuance. InchThe writing process was done with an open heart,Inch says guitarist/vocalist Julia Kugel. InchEverything that came before had to go away. And we started there, at ground zero.Inch With each album, you could hear the individual songwriters honing their style. But with The Devil You Know, it feels like we're hearing the first Coathangers record written as a true unit. Album Tracks 1. Bimbo 2. 5 Farms 3. Crimson Telephone 4. Hey Buddy 5. Step Back 6. Stranger Danger 7. F the Nra 8. Memories 9. Last Call 10. Stasher 11. Lithium

Album Tracks 1. Take Back the Power 2. White Noise 3. Can't Be Trusted 4. Liberty 5. Judge Not 6. This Is the New Sound 7. Family (Feat. Tim Armstrong) 8. Easy on You 9. A Friend Like Me 10. Last Call 11. Haven't Seen the Last of Me

When The Coathangers started up in 2006, their aspirations were humble. InchI think allbands in their early twenties start for fun,Inch says guitarist/vocalist Julia Kugel when talkingabout their early years of cheeky no-wave and irreverent garage rock. But Julia and herbandmates Meredith Franco (bass/vocals) and Stephanie Luke (drums/vocals) wereserious about their craft, and that combination of modest outside expectations andabsolute dedication to their music made for exhilarating live shows and contagiousrecords. Ten years later, The Coathangers are still going strong, and while their palettehas expanded over the years to touch upon hip-shakin' classic rock, soulful countryballads, and golden oldies pop, their primary attack strategy still relies heavily on thejagged hooks and boisterous choruses of their formative years. Their fifth albumNosebleed Weekend retains all the devil-may-care magnetism and serratedinstrumentation of their debut, but it flourishes with a decade's worth of songwritingdiscipline and chemistry.Nosebleed Weekend kicks off with InchPerfumeInch, a song that marries sultry pop vocals withtoothy guitar riffs in a manner that would make Ann and Nancy Wilson proud. It's hardto imagine The Coathangers writing a song this accessible in their early years, but in2016 it fits perfectly into their canon. From there the band launches into InchDumb BabyInch,which harkens back to the gritty neo-garage rock of Murder City Devils. Longtime fanswho still clamor for their brash post-punk angle will be immediately satiated by InchSqueekiTikiInch. And after hearing the noisy loud-quiet-loud bombast of InchExcuse Me?Inch it's nowonder that Kim Gordon has become an outspoken fan of the band. It's an eclectic albuminspired by life on the road, lost loved ones, and Kugel's recent move to SouthernCalifornia. InchWe always say that each record is a snapshot of our life