Reality Check, The Teenagers
The American media only invented "the teenager" as recently as the '50s. Yet those melodramatic, erratic, sexy sexy young thangs have come to TOTALLY take over the world, gripping the global marketplace tighter than Britney's fist on a Chihuahua-laden fluffy pink handbag. OMG!!
Taking our continual fascination with and fetishisation of teenagers to laughable, logical extremes are Parisian trio The Teenagers. They combine the earnestness of a Mike Mills Air video with The Smiths' tongue-in-cheek, Soft Tigers' youthful enthusiasm, and the pop of fellow Parisians Phoenix.
Doling out terminally trendy electro-pop, Reality Check takes the piss out of cheerleaders, Americans, day-old pizza, Jared Leto, 90210, MySpace, San Diego, Showgirls - even Ben ASS-fleck. It's as catchy as it is hilarious. And with a genuine affection for their subject matter, The Teenagers make guilty pleasures painfully hip. Or, like, whatever, OK?
Release: Album
To Cure: A quiet weekend
Keywords: The Teenagers, Remote Control
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