You Never Do Reality Checks While You’re Young
January 18th, 2008Super-hyped band The Teenagers finally released their debut album entitled ‘Reality Check’ only in digital format and the real thing follows in March. Okay, everyone reported this, but nevermind. This had to be posted.
After a couple of listens the album is great. Not full of
surprises though. More or less it’s the same sound you could anticipate from the singles. However, the concept is awesome. I think The Teenagers managed to get so huge cause of their imagery. Teen girls and boys, movies, music, drinking vodka, etc. It of course has the twist of ironic nostalgia. This perfectly fits the lo-fi sound, the stupidly simple electronica and spoken, monotonous vocals. This is the reason to love it. It’s elegant, innocent and dirty at the same time, funny and self-aware. The cover of the album, the title, the song titles, everything’s in its right place. It’s perfect for one shot but it’ll be boring on the next if they’ll do the same.
I chose a song that is the most surprising on the record: it’s the last one. It’s a sad one. It reminds me of something totally different. Like a song from a totally different genre or age. It’s fucking annoying that I can’t remember. Someone help me what is it?
