Name: Parasite
Brand: The Coathangers

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ssq156lp

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

One-sided 12” on Sea Green vinyl with a b-side etching with an initial limited pressing of 2000 copies. 

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-06-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0803238015613

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1 / 12" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Coathangers

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Suicide Squeeze

Parasite kicks off with the title track, a rowdy throwback to a younger, angrier incarnation of the band. Crafted in the wake of the election and during a tumultuous period in the band members’ private lives, Parasite is pure catharsis. “During the making of our last album, I didn’t want to scream anymore, I just wanted to sing and focus on melody. When we came to this recording, I just wanted to scream and curse.” If the EP is meant as a journey through the various stages of the band’s career, it certainly storms out of the gate with the same kind of piss-and-vinegar of their eponymous debut. And while Wipe Out is another rowdy venture, with bassist Meredith Franco taking over the lead vocal duties over a steady barrage of pointed power-chords, it also showcases the rousing choruses that elevated the trio from underground heroines to an internationally renowned garage act. Despite the adverse times, The Coathangers’ mastery of pop cannot be contained forever, as is evident in the EP’s single Captain’s Dead, with its sultry verses, triumphant chorus, and a bombastic freak-out of noisy guitar. The journey through The Coathangers’ musical evolution leads to a revamped version of Down Down off 2016’s Nosebleed Weekend LP and the smoky twang of Drifter, in which drummer / vocalist Stephanie Luke demonstrates her knack for solid Dusty Springfield-style ballads. Parasite’s cover features an illustration of The Coathangers as sirens of the sea, an image that aptly captures the nautical themes of the EP. But the notion of The Coathangers as both mischievous and enchanting is certainly fitting too, as is evident in the alternately piercing and beguiling tracks on their latest EP. Suicide Squeeze is proud to offer Parasite as a one-sided 12” on Sea Green vinyl with a b-side etching with an initial limited pressing of 2000 copies.

Parasite

Music GB