The Raincoats - The Raincoats (Coloured Vinyl Reissue) Hollie Cook Tears For Fun

Tears For Fun

Intro – The Rite Of Spring (Stravinsky)

Proving that the English admired Kate Bush's work

Merry Go Round    5:26

The Raincoats - The Raincoats (Coloured Vinyl Reissue) Hollie Cook Tears For FunA scrappy blast of ramshackle D. I. Y. pop, the Raincoats' debut self titled LP was a revelation upon its release in 1979, and it's just as inspiring today. The lineup consisted of Gina Birch, Alan da Silva, Slits drummer Palmolive, and secret weapon Vicky Aspinall on violin, and resulted in one of the most unusual sounds in the post Sex Pistols U. K. punk scene. Though tracks such as "Fairytale in a Supermarket" and "Life On the Line" built on