{"id":62030,"date":"2026-04-09T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/girl-trouble-return-with-first-album-in-23-years\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:45:08","slug":"girl-trouble-return-with-first-album-in-23-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/girl-trouble-return-with-first-album-in-23-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Trouble Return With First Album in 23 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/31987-girl-trouble\">Girl Trouble<\/a> are returning to their original label home, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/krecs.com\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/krecs.com\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/krecs.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K Records<\/a>, for their first album in 23 years. The veteran garage rockers will share <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/girltrouble.bandcamp.com\/album\/as-is-wo5-klp322\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/girltrouble.bandcamp.com\/album\/as-is-wo5-klp322&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/girltrouble.bandcamp.com\/album\/as-is-wo5-klp322\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>As Is<\/em><\/a> on June 26 as a joint release from K and their own label, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.wig-out.com\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.wig-out.com\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wig-out.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wig Out!<\/a> Below, watch a video of Girl Trouble performing a new song from the record, \u201cMake It Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a note to Pitchfork, K Records founder Calvin Johnson wrote, \u201cGirl Trouble are the Northwest&#8217;s garage rock demigods, revered by all from Neko Case and Mudhoney to Soundgarden and Beat Happening. On <em>As Is<\/em>, their first album in over a decade, vibrato guitar collides rollin&#8217; and tumblin\u2019 into bedrock beats and black crow vocal calls; it\u2019s rock\u2019n\u2019roll done in a backwoods style. Born in Tacoma, Washington, blasted all over the world via record labels like Sub Pop, K, Empty and Popllama, it&#8217;s 13 songs that hucklebuck the dancefloor in overdrive. Can you DIG IT?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1984 in Tacoma, Washington, Girl Trouble put out their debut singles, \u201cRiverbed\u201d and \u201cOld Time Religion,\u201d on K Records. 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