Listen to Thee Headcoatees’ first album in 26 years, ‘Man-Trap’

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British garage rocker Thee Headcoatees — Ludella Black, Kyra LaRubia, Bongo Debbie and Holly Golightly — existed for most of the ’90s, first as a backing band for Billy Childish’s Thee Headcoats before spinning off into their own awesome group and disbanding before the dawn of the millenium.

Childish got Thee Headcoats back together in 2022 somewhat by accident: spinoff group Headcoats Sect reformed to make an EP to pay tribute to bandmate Don Craine (also of ’60s group Downliners Sect), and with a few hours of leftover studio time, Thee Headcoats banged out a new album, Irregularis (The Great Hiatus), which was released in 2023. They then made another new album, yet to be released, and while at it a new Thee Headcoatees album — their first since 1999 — was made as well.

Man-Trap is just as raw and fierce as Thee Headcoatees’ ’90s albums, opening with a cover of Ramones’ “The KKK Took My Baby Away,” and from there includes a mix of originals, covers (Rolling Stones, Dead Moon, Fang, more) and new songs. Billy Childish produced, it rips, and you can listen (h/t Stereogum) below.

Now we need a tour.

Man-Trap by Thee Headcoatees

Man-Trap
1. The KKK Took My Baby Away 02:30
2. Man-Trap 01:48
3. Signals of Love 01:56
4. The Double Axe 02:22
5. Modern Terms of Abuse 02:47
6. Becoming Unbecoming Me 02:56
7. Paint It, Black 03:19
8. Walking on My Grave 02:48
9. Jim Bowie 02:55
10. Sex and Flies 02:11
11. He’s Gonna Kill That Girl 02:36
12. Fire in the Mountains 04:02
13. I Can’t Find Pleasure 02:16
14. The Money Will Roll Right In 02:26