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Shouting Out Loud
- Author
- Audrey Golden
- Narrator
- Audrey Golden
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 31 July 2025
- Run Time
- 12 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2025
Art students Gina Birch and Ana da Silva formed The Raincoats in 1977. Since the release of their seminal early records, the 'godmothers of grunge' have been revered by punk, queer, feminist and indie pop artists alike. The Raincoats reimagined the nature of experimental music and DIY design and went on to inspire Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and an entire generation of Riot Grrrl and queercore musicians.
Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats tells their astonishing story in three extraordinary lives. In The Raincoats' first life, they recorded three full-length albums now regarded as classics and were the first punk band to play behind the Iron Curtain in Warsaw. Nearly a decade later in 1992, the band's second life took off when Kurt Cobain's love of the band catalysed their renaissance.
In 2001, The Raincoats emerged from their five-year hiatus into their third and ongoing iteration marked by performances in art museums such as New York's MoMA, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and London's National Portrait Gallery. The Raincoats have and continue to be a singular phenomenon and influence for so many.
Featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen images from The Raincoats' archive, Shouting Out Loud is the ultimate, authorised biography of this pioneering group of women - and the must-have account of a legendary band that holds a vital place in twentieth and twenty-first century sonic history.
Critics Review
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It's mystifying that there has never been an official biography of The Raincoats - until now . . . A trailblazing story that deserves to be better known
TELEGRAPH, Best Books of 2025
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The ultimate, authorised biography of this pioneering group of women and the influence they had on a generation of riot grrrl and queercore musicians, as well as grunge icons Nirvana and Sonic Youth
ROLLING STONE
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Traces how the band's shapeshifting sound and uncompromising attitude have inspired generations of music and movements, from Sonic Youth to riot grrrl to queercore
CRACK MAGAZINE
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The Raincoats have inspired generations of experimental artists. In this fantastic book, Audrey Golden transports us from the band's inception in the late 1970s into the twenty-first century with archival images, fresh interviews and attention to historical detail. A must-read about these punk trailblazers
KATHLEEN HANNA
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The Raincoats will always exemplify the essence of punk rock integrity: resistance, raw creativity, intellectual intrigue and blissful bloodymindedness. Audrey Golden has captured the feeling of young artists changing the rules and subsequently the world
THURSTON MOORE
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Shouting Out Loud is very clearly a labour of love . . . A testament to how art changes people's lives, and how in turn that changes and inspires the artists themselves. It's easily one of the key music books of the year . . . To read it is to be reminded anew of the sheer power and originality of The Raincoats' music
OUTSIDE LEFT
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Fantastic . . . Does a phenomenal job of surfacing all the band's collaborators, helpers and allies
SALON
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The Raincoats redefined punk, making music that promoted feminism and experimentation. While writing this book, Audrey Golden discovered Ana's extensive archive, turning the project into a collaborative act of preservation. Through personal interviews and cultural history, Shouting Out Loud captures the band's DIY ethos, feminist legacy and lasting influence. With the spirit of openness that has always defined them, The Raincoats supported this experiment - just as they have always embraced the radical potential of the unexpected
PATTY SCHEMEL
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Among the personalities that punk rock revealed, none are more striking than the young women who created The Raincoats and their lasting legacy. Awkward, angry, witty and wild, the band combined punk energy, creative originality and fierce social commentary to challenge and change presumptions of what 'girls' and women should do and be. In this exciting book, they describe how and why they did it, what they were up against and how they survived
CAROLINE COON
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Traces how The Raincoats' music found its way to political prisoners in Belfast's Maze prison, Polish anti-authoritarian activists, and Turkish feminist organisers - mapping routes of influence that bypass official channels entirely . . . Shouting Out Loud captures what made The Raincoats genuinely radical
THE QUIETUS
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Follows the Raincoats from their formation, detailing their seminal releases on the Rough Trade label and their passage through the punk and post-punk years . . . Now new fans will hear their extraordinary story
THE NEW WORLD
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Details
- Author
- Audrey Golden
- Narrator
- Audrey Golden
- Duration
- 12 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399624893
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Biography: arts and entertainment, Music, Feminism and feminist theory, History of music
Synopsis
'A must-read about these punk trailblazers' KATHLEEN HANNAA TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2025Art students Gina Birch and Ana da Silva formed The Raincoats in 1977. Since the release of their seminal early records, the 'godmothers of grunge' have been revered by punk, queer, feminist and indie pop artists alike. The Raincoats reimagined the nature of experimental music and DIY design and went on to inspire Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and an entire generation of Riot Grrrl and queercore musicians. Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats tells their astonishing story in three extraordinary lives. In The Raincoats' first life, they recorded three full-length albums now regarded as classics and were the first punk band to play behind the Iron Curtain in Warsaw. Nearly a decade later in 1992, the band's second life took off when Kurt Cobain's love of the band catalysed their renaissance.In 2001, The Raincoats emerged from their five-year hiatus into their third and ongoing iteration marked by performances in art museums such as New York's MoMA, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and London's National Portrait Gallery. The Raincoats have and continue to be a singular phenomenon and influence for so many. Featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen images from The Raincoats' archive, Shouting Out Loud is the ultimate, authorised biography of this pioneering group of women - and the must-have account of a legendary band that holds a vital place in twentieth and twenty-first century sonic history.
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