Any Chicagoan will tell you the city truly only has two seasons; winter, and construction. So it's perhaps fitting that the gals behind Summer Girlfriends would come together during the most unseasonably warm winter Chicago has seen in the past 80 years. Constructed on a mutual love of pizza, sequins, and catchy punk melodies, this all girl garage pop band caught the city's attention right out the gate. Their now legendary first show featured ill advised attempts at shotgunning cheap beer as well as a bloody trip to the ER and barely a few weeks later they were threatened with their first lawsuit. Folks started to take notice. Despite these seemingly tough girl antics, these girls aren't your worn out "leader of the pack" types, instead they write catchy, nostalgic songs about "Lost Boys" and "PG-13 Sex Scenes," talking animals, and "Pop Rocks." They're the kind of girl you spot across the lake at summer camp, and maybe you never quite have the guts to go meet...but then you tell all your friends at school about them the next year, and maybe even you pretend you had the guts to go meet them and sneak a kiss. Sure, maybe you never did, but that doesn't mean you can't pretend.