2017 saw the band record and release a collection of classic reggae covers under the title League Style, Loosen Up Vol I .
Noodles was absent from the Offspring’s 2017 tour with Sublime with Rome due to a “sudden family matter”; filling in for him on dates were Tom Thacker and Jonah Nimoy. That year, Holland earned a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Southern California .
Coinciding with the band’s reunion, the long-in the works documentary Don’t Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker was premiered on August 11, 2017 in San Francisco, and screened at Nitehawk Cinema in New York City on August 31. On the night of the documentary’s screening, frontman Blake Schwarzenbach participated in…
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In 2017 the band released their third album overall and first for SideOneDummy Records titled You Can’t Stay Here . Written in response to singer Jason Lubrano’s divorce and McAllister’s death, the album showcased more darker themes and experimentation in contrast to their previous work. They released their first music…
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On 1 January 2017, a new track, “Black”, was released exclusively on YouTube.
The album featuring 8 new tracks was recorded at Kingsize Soundlabs in Los Angeles which is known for recording bands such as Bad Religion , The Mars Volta and Letlive . It was mastered by Jason Maas of Defeater and mixed by the band. The first single “Writer’s Block Party”…
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On May 4, 2017, band member Cecilia Kuhn died of cancer. Her bandmates honored her wishes that Frightwig would not disband. In 2023, Mitchell, d’Bruzzi, Feldman, Sevrin returned with a new album, released on Label 51 Recordings. A collection of 11 songs (four of which were previously released) recorded with…
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In December 2016, the group released super deluxe editions of Metal Box and Album .
Vaucher’s painting Oh America , featuring an image of the Statue of Liberty hiding her face with her hands, was used as the front page of the UK Daily Mirror newspaper to mark the election of Donald Trump as US President on 9 November 2016.
The Raincoats invited Angel Olsen to collaborate for the 40th anniversary of Rough Trade at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on 3 November 2016.