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"I don't know anything about The Raincoats except that they recorded some music that has affected me so much that whenever I hear it I'm reminded of a particular time when I was (shall we say) extremely unhappy, lonely and bored. If it weren't for the luxury of putting on that scratchy copy of The Raincoats' first record, I would have had very few moments of peace. I suppose I could have researched a bit of history about the band but I feel it's more important to delineate the way I feel and how they sound.
When I listen to The Raincoats I feel as if I'm a stowaway in an attic, violating and in the dark. Rather than listening to them I feel like I'm listening in on them. We're together in the same old house and I have to be completely still or they will hear me spying from above and, if I get caught - everything will be ruined because it's their thing. They're playing their music for themselves. It's not as sacred as wire-tapping a buddhist monk's telephone or something because if The Raincoats did catch me, they would probably just ask me if I wanted some tea. I would comply, then they would finish playing their songs and I would say thank you very much for making me feel good."
Kurt Cobain, June 1993.

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Member Since: 11/29/2005
Band Website: theraincoats.net
Band Members: Gina Birch
myspace.com/ginabirch
Ana da Silva
myspace.com/anadasilva
The Raincoats (more)
myspace.com/theraincoats2
Shirley O'Loughlin

Fairytale in the Supermarket

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Don't be Mean

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Type of Label: Indie

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MORE SONGS ON myspace.com/theraincoats2

We're putting more songs up and changing them regularly on our second page:myspace.com/theraincoats2
Posted by The Raincoats on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:12:00 PST

SUNSHINE ON MY WINDOW IS NOT BY US...

For some reason there's some confusion about a song called Sunshine on my Window being credited to The Raincoats. Some friends have asked for us to put it on our page but we never recorded this song. ...
Posted by The Raincoats on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:10:00 PST

THE RAINCOATS SONGS ON ROUGH TRADE DIGITAL 21/11/06

Rough Trade launch digital storeThe legendary Rough Trade shop is 30 years old this year and to celebrate, they are launching the Rough Trade Digital store for music fans everywhere. The aim is to giv...
Posted by The Raincoats on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:13:00 PST

SILVER MONK TIME LIVE IN BERLIN

in conjunction with the documentary film monks the transatlantic feedbackplay loud! is proud to announce the forthcoming release ofsilver monk timea tribute to the monks with f.s.k.the fallfaustfehl...
Posted by The Raincoats on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:07:00 PST

GIRL MONSTER coming soon...

GIRL MONSTER VOLUME 1, IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF RE-WRITING MUSICAL HISTORY! The Triple CD compilation GIRL MONSTER Volume 1 on Chicks On Speed Records, celebrates the re-written history and future of ...
Posted by The Raincoats on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:49:00 PST

TURTLE

Ana da Silva performing live at TURTLE at 43 South Molton Street, London W1 on Monday 10th July 2006 from 7pm to 11.30pm with Cortney Tidwell, Christina Rosenvinge, Lindsay Woolsey, SUIS BOMBA and Ash...
Posted by The Raincoats on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:55:00 PST

RIP IT UP compilation 15 May

Rip It Up compilation is released Monday 15th May with a Raincoats track 'Only Loved at Night'. The cd was compiled by Simon Reynolds, author of recent post punk Rip It Up And Start Again. Tracklisti...
Posted by The Raincoats on Thu, 18 May 2006 03:34:00 PST

Girl Monster radio show

Just a link to The GIRL MONSTER radio showarchive: (1 show there now, and 1 a month to come)http://radiobcn.com/alacarta/programas/girlmonster.mp3
Posted by The Raincoats on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:14:00 PST

Girl Monster

Our song 'Shouting out Loud' will be included on the project 'Girl Monster', a double cd compilation due to be released on chicks on speed records on 31st July 2006. There will be songs by Delta 5, Th...
Posted by The Raincoats on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:34:00 PST

Silver Monk Time

We are currently recording a version of Monk Chant for the forthcoming Silver Monk Time - a tribute to The Monks with Monks covers by The Fall, Faust, Chicks on Speed, S.Y.P.H., Alan Vega, Barbara Man...
Posted by The Raincoats on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:21:00 PST