Rarely do you come across a band who openly and honestly admit exactly what it is they are looking for in the murky, cut-throat world of the music business.

All too often you hear a newly formed group go to great lengths to persuade the record-buying public that their intentions are purely based on making music - nothing to do with the sound of cash registers, devoted screaming fans and the odd drunken night.

That is why it is so refreshing to hear of a band like International Trust who create their own artistic licence by letting the people who go to their gigs know exactly why they have paid good money to see the five men on stage in front of them.

"This is the position/The height of my ambition/I admit I'm on a mission to be rich and famous" goes the chorus to International Trust's latest single, Bruce Lee.

And with punk hooks big enough to floor the legend the song is named after, yet with an edge which glistens in the crystal clear production like a razorblade menacingly left out in the sun, you could not want another band to reach their aspirations as much as this one.

With two members hailing from Bradford - Simon Glacken, from Baildon, providing many of the hooks on keyboard and John McGahey, from Queensbury, powering the engine of the songs on drums - the group have made waves in West Yorkshire and further afield since they started gigging a meagre seven months ago.

The band, completed by Neil Hanson, formerly of NME-hyped Les Flames, on vocals, Drew lund on guitar and Rob Chew on bass, have already signed to Leeds label Red Lace Records and gained a fan-base through the increasingly trusty musical tool which is Myspace.com.

This, according to Simon, has allowed them to start planting their infectious seeds in the minds of unaware listeners, with a strong sense of hope that this will lead to profitable fruition further down the line.

Baildon-born Simon, who now lives in Leeds, says: "Because of the tracks on myspace, people who come to see us play live instantly recognise the songs.

"We've had kids in Leeds coming down to our shows purely from what they have heard on myspace. As soon as we play some songs from there they instantly sing along. In fact even with songs that are brand new, that we hardly know ourselves, after the first verse you'll see people singing along, because of how instantly recognisable and catchy they are."

This is what the band thrives on.

Although the songs range from the punchy Talk of the Town, the title-track of their forthcoming EP, to the heartfelt yet comic I Can't Believe You Fell In Love With a B*****d Like Me, via the pounding Disneyland, they remain fundamentally sealed within their own sound.

Simon explains: "It's definitely got that raw punk sound but it has also got that catchiness to it." Indeed, they have been known to bear comparisons with bands from the likes of the Sex Pistols to Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Abba.

Simon said: "The punk attitude complements the catchy, memorable stuff - especially Bruce Lee, which is one of the poppiest we have ever done."

Though they hope this formula will help them reach the heights of their chosen industry, they are also well aware of the burgeoning music scene taking place in Bradford.

Simon says: "I think a few years ago there wasn't a lot going on in Bradford - obviously you had Rio which was good for punk and metal music, but it seems that recently there has been a lot more on that side of things.

"With promoters such as Dog on Wheels and the Mono magazine coming through, some good stuff is being put on, so people have something they can regularly go to.

"It's creating a bit of a scene, where people can come together to watch live music, where there wasn't much of an opportunity before.

"In the last couple of years it is really coming on and Bradford is in a good position, because whereas in Leeds the gigs are a lot more concentrated, in Bradford people seem to enjoy them more as they're not as regular. Whenever we play there (Bradford) we always get a fantastic response - people just seem to go crazy."

International Trust play live at Dirty Beaver@Santiagos in Leeds tomorrow; Trash, Leeds, on June 23; and TeaTime Shuffle at the HiFi Club in Leeds on July 6.