THE COATHANGERS
- UK tour next week
- New video for "Stranger Danger" online now
- Album ‘The Devil You Know’ out now via Suicide Squeeze

"The Coathangers have crafted their best record yet." - Uncut
"A well-formed set that ratifies the band’s unflinching code of ethics" - Pitchfork
"It’s a gentle appeal rather than an angry yell, offering love and clarity over judgement.” - Noisey
“Poignant and incredibly hard-hitting.” - CLASH

Next week The Coathangers kick off their European tour in support of new album 'The Devil You Know', which was released earlier this year on Suicide Squeeze. To celebrate, the band have shared a new video for one of the album's stand-out tracks, "Stranger Danger".

Vocalist and drummer Stephanie Luke commented on the track, saying: “Stranger Danger is a song about avoiding the negative people in one’s life, like when your mother used to tell you “stranger danger!” so you wouldn’t go off with the bad guys. The video is dark with flashes of light (actual flashlights) to invoke that feeling of the unknown. Then we have our ever so good sport of a friend and album artwork artist/frequent collaborator Scott Montoya, whom we’ve kidnapped and continue to “terrorize” throughout the video, so we in fact have become the dangerous strangers. This was one of our favourites to make with our amazingly talented videographer Matt Odom, enjoy!”

Watch "Stranger Danger": https://youtu.be/l4KZrC25F28

The Coathangers European live dates:
April 24 - Brighton, England @ The Latest Music Bar
April 25 - London, England @ Studio 9294
April 27 - Leicester, England @ The Cookie
April 28 - Glasgow, Scotland @ SWG Poetry Club
April 29 - Manchester, England @ Soup Kitchen
April 30 - Liverpool, England @ Arts Club (Loft)
May 01 - Leeds, England @ The Key Club
May 03 - Vlieland, Netherlands @ Here Comes the Summer Festival
May 04 - Paris, France @ La Boule Noire
May 05 - Arlon, Belgium @ Les Aralunaires 2019
May 07 - Wiesbaden, Germany @ Kesselhaus
May 08 - Cologne, Germany @ Stereo Wonderland
May 09 - Berlin, Germany @ Maze Club

From calling out US gun legislation on "F The NRA" to addressing addiction on "Step Back", The Coathangers' new album 'The Devil You Know' leaves no room to doubt that, ten years in, they're still one of the most vital and truth-seeking punk bands around.

The album title stems from an old adage whispered at a friend’s wedding; we settle when we’re afraid of the unknown. It’s a theme that runs through every song on the album, and even though the band insists they were writing songs about other peoples’ pain, they acknowledge that the old saying applies to their band as well. We get comfortable, we get scared, and we refuse to change. But with ‘The Devil You Know’, The Coathangers lost their fear, and that allowed them to shed the baggage of the past. “Why are we living in these cells we built for ourselves?” Kugel asks. “That’s been the great thing about this record. It’s been honest and confrontational… but not in a shitty way.”

Listen to 'The Devil You Know' in full: http://smarturl.it/CH_TDYK
‘The Devil You Know’ track list:
1. Bimbo (YouTube)
2. 5 Farms
3. Crimson Telephone
4. Hey Buddy
5. Step Back (YouTube)
6. Stranger Danger (YouTube)
7. F the NRA (YouTube)
8. Memories
9. Last Call
10. Stasher
11. Lithium