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<\/a><\/p>\nAny great band evolves. And even though TEEN have released some excellent and acclaimed music in their first few years of existence, they knew they were still discovering their voice \u2014 in more than one sense of the word. Cue: ‘The Way and Color’ \u2013 TEEN’s second album, a mesmerising creative breakthrough with four key components Teeny Lieberson’s voice, Katherine Lieberson’s minimalist rolling drum beat,\u00a0Boshra AlSaadi’s lithe, sinuous bass lines, and Lizzie Lieberson’s irresistible glitchy synth hooks.\u00a0The music is filled with overlapping countermelodies of vocals and synth lines; even Katherine’s drums are hooky, so that the songs become ingenious interlocking sonic mantras.<\/p>\n
The Way and Color has its share of darkness \u2014 fear, regret, and loss are all in the picture \u2014 but it’s always redeemed by the sheer soulfulness and powerful ingenuity of the music, and the way Teeny always sings even the darkest lyrics with rhythmic and melodic daring.\u00a0Sometimes recalling the sound of post-millennial R&B, TEEN embody one of that era’s signature features: bold, visionary, female musicians. It’s music with heart, soul and brains, and TEEN is not afraid to do it their way.<\/p>\n
Today we premiere the video for ‘Tied Up Tied Down’, the second single from TEEN’s sophomore album ‘The Way and Color’, out now on Carpark Records. Having teamed up with\u00a0The American Standard Film Co. the video offers a warped take on the summer beach movie. Loosing herself to the thrills of teenage delinquency, the girl\u00a0then violently beats her own iniquity to death – a spacey new wave take on 50s Americana. Check it out.<\/p>\n