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The Coathangers are newcomers to Atlanta s vibrant punk, pop and experimental music scene, but the group has risen quickly through the ranks to become one of the city s most talked about acts. Since July of 2006 Julia Kugel (guitar/vocals), Stephanie Luke (drums/vocals), Candice Jones (keyboard/vocals) and Meredith Franco (bass/vocals) have hammered out a bat cave crunk-punk dirge that explodes with energy and creativity. Don t be fooled by playful early song titles, like Nestle In My Boobies and Don t Touch My Shit. These women are real deal feminists, armed with a brash and irreverent sense of humor. They re more likely to be caught cracking jokes with Andrew W.K. than sharing tea and vegan cookies with Kathleen Hannah s crew. Simply put The Coathangers get the party started. They say what they want to say, do what they want to do, and they write songs because they want to have fun. Imagine if you will a marriage of the Beastie Boys circa Some Old Bullshit and the Slits when they were still a punk band and you re in the right ballpark. The group s manic pep rally chants in Wreckless Boy morph into the sneering caterwauls of Tonya Harding over simple and powerful rhythmic plods. Bloody Shirt transcends the power of three-chord tension with the sounds of ratchets and a sparkling piano slurring to the tune of heartbreak and revelation. And an accordion has never channeled so much punk melancholy as it does in The Missing Letter.