My Teenage Stride
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:52 amMy Teenage Stride's - Ears Like Golden Bats (2007)
My top LP by far so far this year, It's one I just can't keep myself from going back to.
Here's the review:
[i]Ears Like Golden Bats” is the third album by Brooklyn-based My Teenage Stride and the follow-up to 2005’s “Major Major” (Becalmed). At just under 40 minutes, Ears… gathers a collection of guitar pop gems that combine fatalism with not-yet-defeated hope, an inherent quality of many of Jedediah’s compositions. The references to Phil Spector, the Jesus & Mary Chain, and The Smiths are present in well-crafted and immediate tracks like “We’ll Meet At Emily’s,” “That Should Stand For Something,” and “Terror Bends.” Others such as “Reversal,” “Genie Of New Jersey” and “To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge” expand on those influences, sounding more atmospheric and reminiscent of The Chills and the pop side of John Cale and Brian Eno. [/i]
and here's two videos, not a clunker on the entire CD, highly recommended, I didn't know they have a new ep out as well that I'll have to grab:
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My top LP by far so far this year, It's one I just can't keep myself from going back to.
Here's the review:
[i]Ears Like Golden Bats” is the third album by Brooklyn-based My Teenage Stride and the follow-up to 2005’s “Major Major” (Becalmed). At just under 40 minutes, Ears… gathers a collection of guitar pop gems that combine fatalism with not-yet-defeated hope, an inherent quality of many of Jedediah’s compositions. The references to Phil Spector, the Jesus & Mary Chain, and The Smiths are present in well-crafted and immediate tracks like “We’ll Meet At Emily’s,” “That Should Stand For Something,” and “Terror Bends.” Others such as “Reversal,” “Genie Of New Jersey” and “To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge” expand on those influences, sounding more atmospheric and reminiscent of The Chills and the pop side of John Cale and Brian Eno. [/i]
and here's two videos, not a clunker on the entire CD, highly recommended, I didn't know they have a new ep out as well that I'll have to grab:
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