The Raincoats
 

are very cool. I really enjoy this album


I don't think I've ever heard them mentioned here. Anyone dig?

Yessir. They firggin' rock.

...and I think Cantank will be upset that you say they haven't been mentioned.

and Steve used to play with them:

http://smellslikerecords.com/raincoa...tist=Raincoats


Biography
It seemed for a while in the wake of Pistols/Clash hysteria that post-punk Blighty might just change the face of popular culture. And no small thanks to some females who didn't care to be written off: The Slits, Kleenex and most enduringly, the Raincoats. Their brief career included a few LPs on Rough Trade, but the band fell pray to inner turmoil by the turn of the decade. That was way before their biggest fan, a semi-famous guy named Kurt Cobain began singing their story to every journalist in the land. Soon enough Steve Shelley was behind the drums in a revamped version of the band. With this new lineup, Extended Play came to be, a preface to their triumphant 1994 reunion album on the DGC label. Available as a 10 inch vinyl EP record or CD.

Releases
Extended Play
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1. Don't Be Mean
2. We Smile
3. No One's Little Girl
4. Shouting Out Loud

Somehow, the Raincoats' old records have gotten better since they were made. Invited to open for Nirvana on their 1994 tour, the decade-gone Raincoats reformed, with original members Gina Birch (bass/vocals) and Ana da Silva (guitar/vocals) joined by new violinist Anne Wood and guest drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. Cobain's suicide ended those plans, but the band went on a triumphant American tour anyway. A John Peel session from April 1994 (two new songs, "No One's Little Girl" from Moving and "Shouting Out Loud" from Odyshape) was released on Shelley's label as Extended Play. The noisy avant-continental "Don't Be Mean" (unveiled on the EP) take slipperier turns through the band's past. Douglas Wolk/Ira Robbins

Well dang, I'm happy to know I'm not alone. I honestly don't remember seeing or reading anything at all..
Off Duty Trip is my favorite 'Coats song.

Moshe, not bad at all! Steve's perfect for them

yes i remember seeing them when steve was playing with them i was still at school and we had to sneak into the venue and pretend to be older than we where. there was hardly anyone there but it was a great show.

Yes, quite good.

Holy grail album for me. I'd grab it in a heartbeat if I ever saw it in the stores, either on vinyl or CD.

if you aren't averse to mail order you can get the CD from rough trade and LP and CD both crop up on ebay with regularity