The Coathangers Live

In their thirteen years of existence, Atlanta's garage punks The
Coathangers have cranked out five full-lengths and over a dozen
singles, splits, and EPs. And while every Coathangers record has
captured their buoyant turbulence and jagged euphoria, there's
always some degree of magic that gets lost when bands go into
the studio. Whatever the source of that magic, The Coathangers
have always wrangled a replication of that sweaty and sticky live
feeling, but the time had come to properly document it. LIVE
captures the playful fervor of The Coathangers at their finest.
Says guitarist/vocalist Julia Kugel, "it's like our anthology. our
entire career in 38 minutes," from the slow-burn pop of
"Captain's Dead" off last year's Parasite EP to the rabblerousing
rocker "Tonya Harding" off their self-titled debut. "Gettin' Mad
and Pumpin' Iron" sounds more unhinged here than when it first
appeared on Scramble in 2009. Favorites like "Adderall" sound
increasingly ragged and desperate as drummer Stephanie Luke
belts out the lyrics on an adrenaline rush. Recent songs like
bassist Meredith Franco's Nosebleed Weekend highlight "Burn
Me" feel injected with an urgency that pushes the post-punk
number into an unruly anthem. The magic of The Coathangers
lives in LIVE.