While pop-punk is coming back, its sleazy, playful and witty character is still somehow missing from the overall scene. Until now: Brooklyn punk rockers The Tracys reveal their latest effort, a politically charged record with a knack for humorous metaphors and Cold War nostalgia. A glorious take on modern punk, ‘A Soviet Mistake’ is all of that and a lot more. Drawing inspiration from a true story – a beautiful Russian female agent infiltrating the NRA – the single builds a fictional storyline in which an unreciprocated lover reflects on the deceit.
As Dave from the band explains: “I thought well, she’s pretty and a gun nut so it probably wouldn’t have been too hard to do. It makes for perfect fodder for a Ramones-style love song from the point of view of the loser who fell for her and let her in and would stupidly do anything for her. I picture a sad dude in his mother’s dark basement on his computer.”
Sonically, we are in pure, unadulterated playful punk lands. The Tracys balance the lyrical needs and their distorted guitars very well, birthing a track that will appeal to the purists of the genre as much as it will to the casual listener. The music was written by Dave Klym, Matt Ernst and Mike Abiuso, with a fun video co-directed and edited by Ernst.
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