THE RATS: The Rats Vinyl LP (Black) [PREORDER]

PREORDER — Ships by 31 July 2026.

Fred and Toody Cole's first record together -- a primitive punk masterpiece and ground zero for Portland punk, remastered but still gloriously lo-fi.

Before Dead Moon, before Pierced Arrows, before The Range Rats, there was The Rats -- the project where Fred and Toody Cole first made music together. This self-titled album is the perfect mix of sophisticated songwriting and the rawest rock imaginable: a document of two artists at the very beginning of one of the great partnerships in American underground music. Mississippi Records' reissue brings it back into circulation for a new generation of listeners discovering the Cole catalog.

Fans may like: Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, The Wipers, Crime, The Saints.

Release Information
Artist: The Rats
Album: The Rats
Format: Vinyl LP (Black, Remastered)
Label: Mississippi Records
Catalog: MR-028
Expected ship date: 31 July 2026
Genre: Punk Rock, Proto-Punk
Country: US (Portland, Oregon)