About Rat Paws

Rat Paws was born in a basement in Ann Arbor, MI in 2011 as the solo project of Eleanor Dumouchel. Conceived as an untutored, single-celled organism, a hybrid of Red Kross and Royal Trux, Rat Paws played out sporadically throughout the 2010s along the Saint Lawrence seaway (Montreal, and the Ann Arbor - Detroit area.) In 2016, Eleanor began writing songs that were strategically insipid, hinting at a hidden world of self-denial and pain. Feral, explicit, autobiographical and taking no prisoners, this stage of RP's development was captured  by Fred Thomas in a practice space on Jean-Talon blvd. in Montreal and released (cassette only) on his Life Like label in 2016. 

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Since 2018, Rat Paws has been toughing it out in the dystopia known as Seattle, where you can catch a live full-band Rat Paws show roughly once a month. A concise intro to the Rat Paws universe, 2023's EP "Trite You Are" showcases Rat Paws, then and now, and includes a handful of live  tracks recorded at Eleanor's favorite dive bar. Cassettes of "Trite" will be available in early 2023.