PRESENT by Dangerous Girls

Long awaited compilation of recordings from the Dangerous Girls vault, lovingly assembled, remixed where possible from original multitrack sessions and remastered by original members Mykocupa, Chris Ames and Rob Peters.

PRESENT was commissioned by Italian label Raveup Records as a vinyl-only release in 2021 and is now available for digital download here on Bandcamp!

Carolyn Keddy, MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL (MRR #473 • OCTOBER 2022):
This is a great collection. Not one song included here is from their four 7”s, yet almost every one seems like it could have/should have been released on one. DANGEROUS GIRLS were from Birmingham, UK and existed for four years, 1978 to 1982. The songs on this collection span those years. The earlier stuff is more poppy punk with a snarky attitude and humorous lyrics. The later stuff gets more arty in cool ways. Unlike most collections of this type, there is only one live song (“Plug Me In”) included, and it is an unreleased one, too. The live track brings the album’s momentum down a bit (it appears halfway through the second side) and doesn’t sound as good as the studio songs, but it’s a pretty good song so I can forgive the misstep.

Tracklist

1.	Look At Me	1:51

2.	Heavy Fish On Mandrax	3:44

3.	Taking The World By Surprise	3:19

4.	Headache	2:18

5.	Speed Trap	0:59

6.	Sometimes	3:36

7.	Lab Rat	2:43

8.	Assassination	2:28

9.	Friend Of Mine	4:30

10.	Bad Reception	1:40

11.	Nerve Ends	4:57

12.	Plug Me In	3:46

13.	Simmer	3:21

14.	Alien Cavalry	2:03

15.	Friend Of Mine reprise	1:28

Credits

released March 3, 2023

License