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TEEN signed to Carpark, releasing 'In Limbo'; playing shows

by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: TEEN – Better (MP3)

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Brooklyn’s TEEN formed about a year and a half ago, started by Katherine Lieberson (aka Teeny) who used to be in Here We Go Magic, and her sister Lizzie plus pal Jane Herships. The band, expanded since, released the Doodz EP online last year and have now signed with Carpark who will release their debut album, In Limbo, this fall.

The album was mixed by Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3 and while there are bits of the Velvet Underground (and their descendants) as well as nods to girl group pop and post punk to be heard, though those descriptors don’t do them justice. (Neither does their name.) In Limbo genuinely has it’s own thing going and sound sound quite like anything else at the moment. You can download opening track “Better” at the top of this post and stream it at the bottom of this post. There’s a video for the song — repurposed from Kevin Bacon’s cheesy ’80s bike flick Quicksilver — which you can watch at the bottom of this post, along with a video for another album track, “Roses and Wine,” as well.

TEEN have a few shows scheduled in the NYC area: July 20 at Le Poisson Rouge, opening for “Dean & Britta do Galaxie 500” (tickets on sale); the next day (July 21) at Union Pool (with Bubbles and Test House) as part of the free Summer Thunder series, and then opening for Ariel Pink at Webster Hall on September 14 (tickets on sale 6/8).


Teen BETTER from FAR EYE on Vimeo.

TEEN – Roses and Wine from Petra Szilagyi on Vimeo.