Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
9 May 2025
Back in the day (1977-1984) British punkettes THE RAINCOATS
were one of the top indie bands in the UK. They released 3 LPs,
then called it a day.
In 1993 they reunited, fabricated another album (1996),
launched reissues and rarities and gigged now and then.
Co-founder/bassist GINA BURCH was/is very active as a film/videomaker
(she worked for big names such as The Libertines and New Order and
worked with other musicians such as Red Crayola .
In 2023 she released her critically acclaimed solo debut
LP I Play My Bass . It was released through Jack White’s
Third Man Records.
New album artwork
She just announced the upcoming birth of her 2nd one.
It’s named Trouble and will land on 11 July, again via
Third Man Records.
Along with the news comes first single CAUSING TROUBLE AGAIN.
A vigorous anthem citing a cast of women who’ve stirred shit up over
the years such as Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Mary Douglas, Peaches, Dolly
Parton, Sinead O’Connor and a lot of heroines more.
Birch about the accompanying video “After hearing Bob Dylan sing about a white
ladder all covered with water, I became obsessed with white ladders. I decided to use
five white ladders, three with seven rungs. realized later that this references Jacob’s Ladder
and a connection from Earth to heaven, but I think I was thinking of ladders as a symbol of getting on, getting up. I wanted to have a choreographed movement with four of us with these ladders. How do we move with ladders? Do we move together, do we fight, do we dance?”
I also wanted to reference the wind scene from the film, The Colour of Pomegranates, and to include as many artist women from the Women in Revolt exhibition as I could. I wanted them
to be troublesome, or just to shout “Causing trouble!” I ended up inviting all the artist musician women I knew who could make the shoot, and it was a fantastic meeting of great women, many of whom had never met each other before.”
Wake up, and listen to the riot
raincoat girl rockin’ again.
