THE DISTILLERS 'CORAL FANG' LP (Red/Black Splatter)

Coral Fang cut deeper than the Distillers’ first pair of pop-punk platters. While the band’s third and final album still found them trafficking in street-wise hooks and all-snarl vocal performances from guitarist-vocalist Brody Dalle, the record — their first as a four-piece — also sports stunningly raw grunge ballads (“The Hunger”), sugar-tuned rock (“Beat Your Heart Out”) and chaos-spiraling noise (“Deathsex”). There’s never been a better time to revisit the Distillers’ final punk rock bloodletting, available now on red-and-black splatter vinyl.