Name: Scatter The Rats
Brand: L7

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Bonus disc: No

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BKHI1919.2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-05-31

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Supplier US

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Sales:8.875

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748337191922

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Rock-Pop

Label US

Blackheart Records

L7 is an American punk/alternative rock band hailing from Los Angeles. Formed in 1985, the band consists of Donita Sparks on vocals and guitar, Dee Plakas on drums, Suzi Gardner on guitar and vocals, and Jennifer Finch on bass. After disbanding in 2000, L7 reunited in 2015 to continue their musical journey.

Known for their fierce energy and raw sound, L7 has been a prominent figure in the punk and alternative rock scene. With powerful vocals and intense guitar riffs, they have captivated audiences worldwide. Their lineup has seen changes over the years with Gail Greenwood and Janis Tanaka also contributing as former bassists.

L7 should not be confused with L-Seven, a short-lived group that featured future members of Warrior Soul and Laughing Hyenas. Similar artists to L7 include 7 Year Bitch, Babes In Toyland, Hole, Courtney Love, Lunachicks, Veruca Salt, Green River, Mudhoney, Bikini Kill,and many more.

The first L7 album in 20 years, Scatter the Rats embodies everything that made the band so iconic in the first place—the distortion-heavy riffs and headbanging rhythms, sludgy grooves and indelible melodies. And in their lyrics, L7 achieve a direct transmission of raw feeling, often spiked with biting commentary on the chaos of the world today.

“Burn Baby” opens the album with a galvanizing reflection on letting go of old grudges for the sake of fighting a greater evil, while “Fighting the Crave” offers a slice of life on the inner push and pull of whatever one might crave. Throughout the album, L7 also examine depression (Sparks’s “Holding Pattern,” which matches its delicate melody with a disarming vulnerability), lonely hearts (Suzi Gardner’s gloriously swampy “Murky Water Café”) and codependency (the unhinged “Garbage Truck,” written by Jennifer Finch). And on “Uppin’ the Ice,” the band delivers a dance-worthy track inspired by a bit of advice Demetra Plakas got from her doctor upon breaking her arm before the band headed into the studio. “I took the idea of upping the ice as a metaphor for throwing down and doing what you have to do to make something happen, naysayers be damned, because that’s who we are as a band,” says Sparks.

Scatter The Rats

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