Shetland, 2012–2018
Trookers
A guitar-based melodic pop foursome who made the easy way look awkward.
The band came to an end in 2018, with the release of our one and only album and a gig supporting The Lone Bellow at Mareel. There'll be no more gigs and no new songs, but everything we made is still here to hear, watch and buy.
The album
The Temporary
Our first and only album, released on 31 August 2018. Eleven songs, 45 minutes, and still available to buy.
"Blended with top class musicianship and some incredibly catchy songs, they are on to a winner"
Videos
Here be a selection of videos to feast your weary eyes upon.
Also committed to record
The singles, the demo, the jam and the lullaby, all still there to listen to.
2012–2018, briefly
Robert Balfour and Chris Thomson sit down at the tail-end of the year to write some songs together in their living rooms.
The first public performances, including a spot at Glusstonberry and an opening slot at Oxjam in Lerwick.
A demo of Birds in the summer. Chris Cope and Erik Peterson join in the autumn, and the foursome debuts at the Oxjam Takeover in the Lerwick Boating Club.
Recording an album's worth of material begins late in the year.
Minute Steak, the first proper single, comes out in November. A Saturday jam in Hamnavoe Hall becomes Instrumental Chutney.
The Temporary is the second single, with a music video shown at the Screenplay festival in September.
A gig supporting The Lone Bellow at Mareel, the album The Temporary on 31 August, and that's the band's lot.