Local band releases second album

The Cape Girardeau-based band Guy Morgan and the FT Crew has released its second album of fast-paced punk music.

"Not Punk Enough" features 11 new tracks from the band, which is made up of Nate Comer, aka "Partee Nate," on guitar and vocals, Dustin Woods on bass and vocals and Sean Kenney on drums and vocals.

The album was released Dec. 21 at a show at Cape Girardeau's Pitters Cafe and Lounge, which Comer said is like the band's home.

"Probably two weeks prior to the show, [we] started putting everything out there on the Internet and people were able to listen to the songs online," Comer said. "Then once we had the show we've just been selling it on the streets, online, every which way we can."

Guy Morgan has built a strong fan base in Cape Girardeau since it was formed by Comer and Woods in 2007 when they did a one-off gig for fun and realized that they wanted to turn their music into something full time.

"The one thing that's important to us is that Cape is our home base," Comer said. "We play out of town quite a bit, so we're part of the St. Louis music scene, too, but for us, Cape is a good home base because Pitters lets us schedule and run shows whenever we want. We've got a really good fan base here in town, everybody comes to all the shows, lots of people come out, so it's been good to be loved in the town where we play because that's not always the case."

Drummer and Southeast graduate Sean Kenney said he describes the band's style as punk and roll.

"We play punk music no doubt about it, but we also have an old school rock and roll," Kenney said. "Music is the only thing that makes complete sense to me, and it's the only thing I've ever been any good at."

Comer said that the crowd gets wild at their shows.

"It's a fun-type band, so it's not a stand there and look cool kind of thing," Comer said. "Everybody comes out, has a lot to drink and dances around and expect people singing all the words, having a good time. Our songs are easy to get to know. [There is] a lot of ruckus activity, people jumping on stage and crowd surfing."

Guy Morgan plans to go on tour during spring break or over the summer. The band's next show will be at the punk fest Stay Retarded at Lemmons in St. Louis Jan. 25-26 with other bands from their label Throwing Things Records.

The band released their first album "Raised Up Right" on their own and recorded "Not Punk Enough" with the help of their label at Echo Echo Studios in Scott City, Mo.

Comer described "Not Punk Enough" as faster than their first album, with more intricate guitar riffs. Comer said he comes up with the music and guitar riffs, but they arrange the music and make decisions about things like tempo and time changes as a band.

"Our music is pop punk, which if you were to throw a band name in there it would All and Screeching Weasel, which is famous pop punk bands," Comer said. "One thing about punk rock is that it's always been fast. We play fast music, but also because it's pop punk it's really melodic, but a big part of our sound is 80's music in general from 80's pop to hair metal to punk rock. So everything is rock'n'roll-based. So lots of guitar work and bass work."

Guy Morgan's music can be purchased and downloaded through their Facebook page and their profile on reverbnation.com.

"Punk music is who we are," Comer said. "It's what we do, and through punk rock we have met amazing people all over the country and tons of different towns. At this point, it's all I know how to do."