L7 released the first single from their first album in 20 years, "Burn Baby", on February 28, 2019. The full album, "Scatter the Rats", was released on May 3, 2019, through Joan Jett's record label Blackheart Records. The album received generally favorable reviews. "Hyperallergic" referred to the band's legacy as "feminist punks, metal snarlers, (and) grunge comedians" and stated of their return album that Sparks and Gardner "pound out one solid, catchy, immediately identifiable power riff after another, more punk-minimalist than in their molten grunge period".