The Coathangers - Scramble

The Coathangers
Scramble
4/07/09
Suicide Squeeze Records
www.thecoathangers.com

…And with the release of The Coathangers’ Scramble, the term “Post Riot Grrrl” must be fully recognized as a genre… and a genre that is as wonderfully brassy and sassy as that which birthed it. On their sophomore effort the four post(er) grrrls from Atlanta revisit that lovely sound that so many of our heroines of a former era have spent the past few years ignoring, in lieu of dance punk. There’s a girl group-inspired ditty about a boy who loves his whiskey (“Dreamboat”), phat honkey dub beats (“Bobby Knows Best”), plenty of brat-tastic anthems of juvenile discontent (“Stop Stomp Stompin’,” “Bury Me,” “143”), and… of course, an ode to vaginas everywhere (“Pussywillow”). Izzy Cihak