It's a new year, so why not resurrect the column that started Ear Coffee's local music focus? For the first review of 2019, we decided to take a look at the EP, Turn It Up, Tune 'Em Out by Minneapolis garagey indie-pop outfit Teenage Moods.
Turn It Up, Tune 'Em Out is nothing short of a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day in the great white north that is Minnesota. The first track "Sweeties Only" is a prime example. The band's jangly guitars mix with sugary-sweet falsetto vocals and driving drums that are reminiscent of the psyche-influenced folk rock that came from the '60s. However, the middle two tracks, "Petty Stones / Trust Fall" and "Her Reality," are where the tone of the EP shifts slightly. The smile found on other tracks on this EP turn into a slight sneer. The falsetto vocals are replaced with chanted verses and jangling guitars becoming slightly more brooding. This does not last long, though. The dose of reality leaves as quickly as it came with the following track "Sheer Wonder."
Turn It Up, Tune 'Em Out is the perfect "pick yourself up and brush the dust off" record to begin 2019. The sweetness is diluted with enough grit to keep it from being over the top. This EP also marks 10 years that the band has been around, which makes me lame for not listening to Teenage Moods sooner. I definitely recommend giving this EP, as well as their other records, a spin.
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