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17%OFFJenn Pelly - The Raincoats´ The Raincoats - 9781501302404 - V9781501302404
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The Raincoats´ The Raincoats

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Description for The Raincoats´ The Raincoats Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781501302404
SKU
V9781501302404
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

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

Reviews for The Raincoats´ The Raincoats
It is a record that could only be made by women, and although Pelly doesn't labor over this, she does an excellent job of showing its truth. Pelly writes of how, without any pretension or the slightest concern for the surface fashion of the movement, The Raincoats embodied the true expressive spirit of punk, and how these four women created ... Read more

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