The Trouble Seekers - Cruel Summer

  

  Kevin McGovern is a familiar name to readers of Just Some Punk Songs, he's been rocking out as frontman of The Prostitutes (https://www.facebook.com/tutespunk) since 1995. A name maybe not quite as familiar on here is Hillary Burton though she's also been active on the scene as drummer with The Pandoras and more recently as vocalist & guitarist with Honeychain (https://honeychain.bandcamp.com/). 

  Kevin mentioned to me a number of years ago that he was looking to enhance The Prostitutes' sound by adding female vocals to the mix, now at long last that aim has come to fruition in the form of an aggressive, new wave/experimental punk duo called The Trouble Seekers (https://www.facebook.com/TheTroubleSeekers/). 

  With The Prostitutes you knew that you were guaranteed classic sounding US punk rock done with both energy and style. The Trouble Seekers bring more of the same but the addition of those female vocals certainly adds to the mix. The debut single has been released and is streaming on Bandcamp (https://thetroubleseekers.bandcamp.com/releases). It'll be followed in the summer by a debut album via Rock n Roll Manifesto Records. 

  A heady brew of old school punk mixed with garage pop swagger, this is a very promising calling card, it's called Cruel Summer...

You wanna crash
Fade to black
Waste your time with me

Close your eyes
No surprise
No third degree

Never caught your act
Don’t show me the way
Momentary lapse
What did you say?
Were you thinking out loud?
You forgot the script
Faded memories
And a heart that’s ripped

Gone awol
I’m breaking down
Over and over again
Don’t think I ever said
I would stay
There’s nothing left

Stop and go
You’re on a roll
Cruel summer shade

The minutes slipped
The record skipped
Something out of place