ARTISTS / Trophy Wives

Trophy Wives
Soft Serve

Catalog Numbers: FH-036
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Genre: Outsider Punk
Type: Album
Purchase: Bandcamp
Links: Discogs Info

pressing information

Digital: Worldwide
Cassette Tape: Furious Hooves

  • 1st Press (2015): 56
    – “Panty Pouch” Edition (Greyscale Art) x20
    Hand-selected & hand-sewn (thrifted, washed & cleaned) “Panty-Pouches” by the band. Solid pink shell with “generic mixtape” paper labels with handwritten “Trophy Wives” on one side & “Soft Serve” on the other, greyscale 3-Panel J-Card (one-sided) with art & design by Rachael Boswell, in a black-back plastic Norelco case with “Explicit Content” sticker applied on the front. Hand-stamped and hand-numbered.
    – Regular Edition (Color Art) x 36
    Solid white shell with “generic mixtape” paper labels with handwritten “Trophy Wives” on one side & “Soft Serve” on the other, full-color 3-Panel J-Card (one-sided) with art & design by Rachael Boswell, in a clear plastic Norelco case with “Explicit Content” sticker applied on the front. Hand-stamped and hand-numbered.

Tracklisting

1. Baby Killer – 00:25
2. Like You – 01:28
3. I'm Not Sorry – 01:15
4. Mad Dog Bush – 01:54
5. I Need You! Fuck You! – 00:48
6. Piggy – 00:26
7. Black Sox – 01:29
8. Recycle For Me In Hell – 01:30
9. Boneyard Baby – 00:51
10. Skort – 01:34
11. Sweat – 00:49
12. KZDS – 01:29
13. Cola Edge – 00:23
14. Cherry Picker – 01:35

Total Run Time: 15:56
Side Split: A/B 1-14

Credits

All music written by Trophy Wives.
Recorded & Mastered by Hunter Jayne.
Photograph & Artwork by Rachael Boswell.
Concept by Emma Ledgerwood.

Manufactured by Furious Hooves.

Release Biography

The three original members of Trophy Wives — Emma Ledgerwood, Rachael Boswell (now of The Lipschitz), and Madison Davis — met at a local house show, pushing and shoving next to each other. Some call it love at first sight, others call it a punk-rock destiny. They quickly developed a fun “joke” about starting a band, soon realizing “UH WHY THE F--- NOT!?” often shaken by the idea of “we can’t play any instruments!” but did that stop them? Hell no. Emma found a bass guitar at a pawn shop, Rachael bought a shit drum set off some creep from craigslist, and Madison learned to scream and make people uncomfortable. After 3 months of constant practice Trophy Wives played their first show, a set of 14 quick songs. Just 3 months after that they recorded their first album ‘Soft Serve’ with stand in guitarist Van Damn and were later joined by guitarist Aoife Estes, who learned guitar by playing the songs off ‘Soft Serve.’ From that day on the then four 19 year olds starting making local Savannah boy bands shiver in their lil’ boots.

Their time was short-lived though. In November 2015, Trophy Wives announced their end with a farewell show and cassette release of ‘Soft Serve’ via Furious Hooves. It was available in two handmade editions of cassettes: first — a handmade set of 36; and second — a handmade set of 20 cassettes that each came in their own unique "Panty-Pouch,” hand-selected and hand-sewn by the band.

Press & Accolades

“Recorded and mixed by Triathalon/Wet Socks’ Hunter Jayne, ‘Soft Serve’ hits like the Trophy Wives live experience: captivatingly intense, bare and furious, with everything distilled down to fury, dripping sardonicism, and unapologetic feminism.”
– Connect Savannah’s “Year in Review” (2015).

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