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Anne Wood and Heather Dunn joined as new members to record a new EP and an album called \"Looking in the Shadows,\" replacing Vicky Aspinall and Ingrid Weiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by bands like The Slits, Young Marble Giants, Delta 5, Au Pairs, Kleenex, Essential Logic, Pylon, Swell Maps, The Fall,and Josef K among others; The Raincoats have made a significant impact on the post-punk scene with their unique sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"odyshape","title":"Odyshape","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdyshape\u003c\/i\u003e was the second album by the Raincoats, originally released on Rough Trade records in 1981. Now reissued by the band themselves and re-mastered from original masters. \u003ci\u003eOdyshape\u003c\/i\u003e was a radical departure from the band's first album, exploring different musical genres and featuring a diverse range of instruments, such as the Shruti box, Balophone, Shehnai and Kalimba. 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Like the Vaselines, interest in the band from Nirvana's Kurt Cobain helped lead to a mid-'90s renaissance; Rough Trade reissued the band's three albums in 1994 with liner notes by Cobain, and the reformed Raincoats released a fourth album, \u003ci\u003eLooking in the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1996, and have performed live sporadically since. a triumph of lo-fi amateurism over musicianship, the Raincoats took as their blueprint sound a harsh blend of clashing guitar, shrill violin and ramshackle drumming; but could still fashion songs of the most heart-breaking beauty out of such crude materials. \u003ci\u003eFairytale in a Supermarket\u003c\/i\u003e is extraordinarily emotional; while a cover of the Kink's \u003ci\u003eLola \u003c\/i\u003esung by three girls flirts with sexual ambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"We ThRee","offers":[{"title":"White | LP","offer_id":50449347969355,"sku":"1073964","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/376e1dca-98cb-4078-86b7-53b993294a94_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727101809"},{"product_id":"reconciled","title":"Reconciled","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe American rock band The Call was formed in 1980 by Michael Been, Scott Musick, Tom Ferrier, and Jim Goodwin. 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