The Teenagers (French band)
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The Teenagers are a French
synthpop
band formed in late 2005, originally as a joke. They achieved some degree of notoriety with the song "Homecoming", both for its catchy sound and for its explicit language and misogynistic content. Their debut album Reality Check
was released in the UK on 17 March 2008 and 18 March 2008 in the rest of Europe
and the United States
.
They have been said to "sound like Kraftwerk doing the soundtrack to a porno film"
Their music is a mix of an electro-pop sound, comical lyrics and potent melodies. Their quirky fashion sense is inspired by the eccentric East London style, and copied by their cult fan base. The track "Homecoming" was elected 4th best song of 2007 by NME.
During 2008 The Teenagers toured the globe (25 countries, 100 cities) to promote their debut album "Reality Check" and they are now writing new material. They played at the Reading Festival (UK), at Glastonbury (UK) and Summersonic (Japan) and have been invited as a support band by Vampire Weekend in the US and Europe.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
band formed in late 2005, originally as a joke. They achieved some degree of notoriety with the song "Homecoming", both for its catchy sound and for its explicit language and misogynistic content. Their debut album Reality Check
Reality Check (Teenagers album)
Reality Check is the debut album by French synthpop band The Teenagers. It was released in 2008.-Track listing:All songs written by The Teenagers.# "Homecoming" – 3:04# "Love No" – 2:59# "Feeling Better" – 3:03# "Starlett Johansson" – 3:09...
was released in the UK on 17 March 2008 and 18 March 2008 in the rest of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Critical reception
NME praised the bands "self-aware, smart sentiments, played out against a backdrop of lush, danceable, huggable pop."They have been said to "sound like Kraftwerk doing the soundtrack to a porno film"
Their music is a mix of an electro-pop sound, comical lyrics and potent melodies. Their quirky fashion sense is inspired by the eccentric East London style, and copied by their cult fan base. The track "Homecoming" was elected 4th best song of 2007 by NME.
During 2008 The Teenagers toured the globe (25 countries, 100 cities) to promote their debut album "Reality Check" and they are now writing new material. They played at the Reading Festival (UK), at Glastonbury (UK) and Summersonic (Japan) and have been invited as a support band by Vampire Weekend in the US and Europe.
Albums
- Reality CheckReality Check (Teenagers album)Reality Check is the debut album by French synthpop band The Teenagers. It was released in 2008.-Track listing:All songs written by The Teenagers.# "Homecoming" – 3:04# "Love No" – 2:59# "Feeling Better" – 3:03# "Starlett Johansson" – 3:09...
(2008) UK: #184 (UK Indie: #13) FR: #164
Singles
- "Homecoming" (2007)
- "Starlett Johansson" (2007)
- "Fuck Nicole" (USAUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
/CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
only release) (2008) - "Love No" (2008)
- "Make It Happen" (2008)
- "Made Of" (2010)
Remixes
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