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The Raincoats' The Raincoats

By Jenn Pelly
Series: 33 1/3
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In 1979, the Raincoats emerged from a London squat to reshape punk music with their debut album. Featuring a violin player and members from Portugal, Spain, and England, they infused punk with poetic anarchy and became pioneers as feminist women in the movement. Jenn Pelly's book delves into the creation and impact of this audacious album, drawing on rare archives and interviews with the band and notable figures from the punk and post-punk scenes.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in punk history, feminist music pioneers, and those fascinated by late-70s London’s underground culture. Fans of The Raincoats, feminist punk movements, and music journalism will find it particularly compelling.

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A love letter to the iconic British, post-punk, all-female band The Raincoats.

A love letter to the iconic British, post-punk, all-female band The Raincoats.

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In 1979, from the basement of a London squat, The Raincoats reinvented what punk could be. They had a violin player. They came from Portugal, Spain, and England. Their anarchy was poetic. Working with the iconic Rough Trade Records at its radical beginnings, they were the first group of punk women to actively call themselves feminists.

In this short book – the first on The Raincoats – author Jenn Pelly tells the story of the group’s audacious debut album, which Kurt Cobain once called “wonderfully classic scripture.” Pelly builds on rare archival materials and extensive interviews with members of The Raincoats, Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Hole, Scritti Politti, Gang of Four, and more. She draws formal inspiration from the collage-like The Raincoats itself to explore this album’s magic, vulnerability, and strength.

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Under the Radar praises how Pelly reveals the band’s authentic punk spirit, showing their music as a true expression of their lives without pretension. Pitchfork highlights the book's seamless fusion of criticism and reportage, noting how Pelly transports readers to late-1970s London and captures the essence of the four band members, recreating the album’s unique magic and its status as a feminist punk talisman.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781501302404

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 October 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 128.0mm

Width: 340.0mm

Height: 496.0mm

Weight: 5760g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Jenn Pelly is an editor at Pitchfork. Her work has appeared in SPIN, Nylon, and The Village Voice.

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