Experience A Riot Grrrl 'Scramble'

The Coathangers fashion themselves a riot grrrl revival band. The Atlanta four-piece started out as girlfriends and in three short years have grown into the band mates they are today. Julia Kugel (guitar/vocals), Stephanie Luke (drums/vocals), Candice Jones (keyboards/vocals), and Meredith Franco (bass/vocals) say "every song is an art project, a starting over, a scramble". The fruit of their loins began with The Coathangers, released in November 2006, and has culminated in Scramble, released earlier this month (April 7th) off the Suicide Squeeze label. Stream their lastest album here.

The first track, "Toomerhead", is a piano-backed, artsy post-punk rock jam. "Stomp Stomp Stompin'" is a garage rock infused, Bikini Kill-inspired, musical art piece. Songs like "Time Passing", "Bury Me", "Pussywillow", and "143" mix the riot grrrl sound with modern garage rock and indie rock stylings. "Gettin' Mad And Pumpin' Iron" is a bouncy, energizing more-classic sounding riot grrrl song, complete with semi-incoherent screamed lyrics and blazin' guitar work. The overall album is quite a treat for fans of the riot grrrl sound and word is these girls put on a show. Be sure to catch them touring in a city near you!