TEENAGE MOODS VIDEO + KILLER REVIEWS FROM THE NEW RAZORCAKE!

WELCOME TO 2012.

TEENAGE MOODS MADE A VIDEO FOR THEIR SONG 'WORLD BOUQUET' FROM THEIR 'MOOD RING' LP -- IT'S CUTE, WATCH IT:



ALSO OUR TWO RELEASES GOT THE FOLLOWING REVIEWS IN THE NEW RAZORCAKE -- ALL HAIL MATT AVERAGE:

TEENAGE MOODS:
Mood Ring: LP
Excellent! After hearing their self-titled 7” from a year back, I was hoping they would put out more music. This does not disappoint. If you like the single, you’ll like this. If you haven’t heard Teenage Moods yet, then you need to. Stylistically along the lines of late-‘80s, early-‘90s indie noise pop. There’s distortion with melody. The comparison to Vaselines still stands, then there’s some stuff like Dinosaur Jr, and Pixies buried in the music, but these guys inject enough of their own personality into the sound. The guitars are, at times, jangly, then abrasive and distorted, then there’s the bass that is right up there in the mix, which gives the songs more lift. I can not get “Yellow War” out of my head to save my life. But the songs that I really like are “Our Little Dirt” (great song!), “World Bouquet,” and “No Place for a Tiger.” Quality listening. –Matt Average

RED PENS:
Self-titled: 7”
From the first note struck, I was pulled in to this record to the very end. A mix of shoegazer with garage maybe? A layer of distortion hovers above both songs and there’s a strong melody running through the music that is undeniable. “I Run This” is a near-perfect pop song of the second decade of this f’d up millennium. There’s a lot of mood in the sound, from the guitar tone, and then how the vocals come in, and the rest of the instruments fall in and slowly build in tempo. There’s a great riff that comes in around mid-song that adds to the forlorn feeling. It gets a little Sonic Youth-ish towards the end. Not a bad thing in my book, as I hold SY at the tippy top of the A-list. Love this song! Can’t stop playing it. The song on the A-side, “Next Summer,” is of a different mood. It’s more upbeat, forceful and rocking. The rhythm is near herky jerky, and has a punk edge with the raw solo and razor sharp guitar sound. –Matt Average

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RED PENS 7" NAMED SINGLE OF THE WEEK ON COLLAPSE BOARD!

GRANTED IT SAYS SELF RELEASED AND FEMALE VOCALS, BUT STILL!

http://www.collapseboard.com/reviews/singles-reviews/single-of-the-week-red-pens-next-summer-self-released/

DEAR MATADOR: WE LOVE YOU TOO!

MATADOR RECORDS - ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING AND MOST RESPECTABLE INDIE LABELS OUT THERE -- HAD THE FOLLOWING TO SAY ABOUT THE TEENAGE MOODS LP AND THE RED PENS 7" IN THEIR NEWEST DISTRO UPDATE:

'TEENAGE MOODS - MOOD RING LP 25 DIAMONDS RECORDS
Minneapolis grunge pop. Silk-screened sleeves in a numbered edition of 300.

RED PENS - NEXT SUMMER b/w I RUN THIS 7” 25 DIAMONDS RECORDS

Minneapolis indie rock. Unnumbered edition of 400.

I realize that I just described both of these new 25 Diamonds releases using some of the most clichéd, verboten terms out there, but the thing is that I’ll stand behind those descriptions AND I’LL STAND BEHIND THESE RECORDS AS GOOD RECORDS. Both of them embody the best elements of those genres and playing records in the office turned heads and even got a visit over to the record player or two from various folks in the office while they were on. Real deal, quality stuff for sure so don’t overlook them.'

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FYI, THE TEENAGE MOODS LP IS GETTING SERIOUSLY LOW AROUND THESE PARTS; THINK I'M DOWN TO JUST ABOUT 20 COPIES LEFT FOR MAIL ORDER?

TODAY I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

why not?