The Gits - Enter: The Conquering Chicken (Loser Edition on Pearl/Sunrise Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 05-December-2025 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

• Remastered reissue of The Gits’ posthumous sophomore album featuring refreshed artwork, liner notes by Tim Sommer (who signed the band to Atlantic), and an insert.
• The Gits were an iconic Seattle punk band that left an indelible mark on the underground rock scene between 1990 and 1993, when they disbanded following the tragic murder of singer Mia Zapata.
• The Gits are famously featured in the 1996 documentary HYPE!, and are the subject of the acclaimed 2005 documentary The Gits. Sub Pop began reissuing the band’s catalog to much fanfare - including a New York Times feature - in 2024.
• Remastered by legendary engineer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney).

Enter: The Conquering Chicken is The Gits’ second, and final, full-length studio album. The Gits’ vocalist, lyricist, and frontwoman, Mia Zapata, was murdered in Seattle during the few weeks they spent recording the album that summer of 1993. Produced by the band and longtime friend Scott Benson, Enter: The Conquering Chicken was released posthumously on C/Z Records in 1994.

The Gits formed in 1986 at Antioch College in Ohio, and moved together to Seattle in 1989 as the world was taking notice of the local scene. Although their raucous, blues-infused punk, powered by Mia’s indelible vocals, didn’t quite fit the mold being cast by their Pacific Northwest peers, the band immediately found a tight foothold and strong following.

Enter: The Conquering Chicken showcases The Gits at the peak of their powers. Captured at the end of a packed west coast tour, they were on fire. Creative, inspired, and driven by the promise of a new musical chapter you can hear in these recordings.

Remixed by Jack Endino in 2003, Songs like “Bob (Cousin O.),” “Guilt Within Your Head,” “Seaweed,” “Sign of the Crab,” “The Drinking Song,” and Mia’s jaw-dropping rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” reveal a distinct evolution in Direction following their successful 1992 debut album, Frenching The Bully.

“‘Sign of the Crab’ was the last song we created together as a band” says Bassist Matt Dresdner. “Based on Andy’s diabolical composition and Mia’s brilliant creepy lyrics, the music was punchy, complex, and full of a fun, twisted rage. The songs on Chicken provide just a glimpse of what we were onto.”

Remastered in 2024 by Jack Endino for Sub Pop Records, this long out-of-print Seattle punk centerpiece is available on colored vinyl with new artwork and liner notes by Tim Sommer who aptly riffs: “The Gits were an angry, inflamed slinky fully in tune with and tuned by the Bessie Patti Smith of her time, truly the only singer who could summon Joplin, Poly Styrene, Sam Cooke, Iggy Pop, and Ian MacKaye all in the same goddamn song.”

The Gits are pleased to finally present listeners with the definitive edition of this recording to celebrate a taste of where Mia and their band might have gone.

Tracklisting:

1.Bob (Cousin O.)
2.Guilt Within Your Head
3.Seaweed
4.A Change is Gonna Come
5.Precious Blood
6.Beauty of the Rose
7.Drunks
8.Italian Song
9.Social Love I
10.Social Love II
11.Daily Bread
12.Drinking Song
13.Sign of the Crab