Teen suicide band camp
While it was hard to tell whom the crowd went to see, Alex G definitely ended the night right, with a refined sound that layers somehow subtle intensities. While this was definitely far from true, the all-ages night was a reminder of the region’s dedicated punk teens. At one point, there was even a mosh pit ensuing during a cover of the Friends theme song – don’t worry, I assure you this was real.Īt 21 years old, someone approached me to say I was the oldest one there. Onto the environment: combat boots set to the background of decorative carpeting, green and blue hair lit by chandeliers and even a girl doing cartwheels every once in a while in the back of the banquet hall, which was brightly lit by concert standards. If that’s not a dream, I’m not sure what is. Let’s start with the lineup, because that alone was a doozy: Alex G, stage name for Alex Giannascoli, headlined for none other than Teen Suicide, Palehound and Dæphne. Now that we’ve had a few days to digest what happened, let’s drill into the bits that made the show. In fact, clinic if someone told me right now I was making this all up and was imagining the whole time, pharmacy by golly, I’d probably believe him or her. Teen Suicide has since toured twice, once with Say Anything, mewithoutYou, and Museum Mouth, along with a summer tour with Elvis Depressedly and Nicole Dollanganger.Everything about the concert at Cuisine en Locale last Friday was somewhat of a dream. Although various outlets-including the band's label Run for Cover Records-have referred to the new album as Teen Suicide's final album, the band themselves have announced their new temporary name, "The World's Greatest," "while we figure out what to actually name our new band". From December 2015 to January 2016, several demos appeared on the band's social media prior to the announcement of their second album entitled It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot, which came out April 1. However, Sonic Youth is not officially credited to the band. In January 2015, the band signed to Run for Cover Records to release remastered and expanded editions of i will be my own hell because there is a devil in my body, DC snuff film and waste yrself, with the two latter records being released as a single album.Īlthough their attitude towards recording and releasing new material was unclear after their reformation, Teen Suicide contributed a new song to Paper Trail Records' Thanks for Listening compilation and released a 7" entitled Sonic Youth on November 6, 2015. On the December 27 date of Elvis Depressedly and Crying's tour, the band reformed "on a whim" to play a secret set at the Charm City Art Space in Baltimore They subsequently reunited to play four reunion shows from February 27 to March 2 with Special Explosion and Sorority Noise,now with a lineup featuring Ray, Simke, John Toohey on guitar, and Brian Sumner on drums.Ī new Teen Suicide song entitled "Pavement" was featured on Topshelf Records' 2014 digital label sampler. In February 2013, the band released a compilation on Bandcamp titled rarities, unreleased stuff, and cool things. They played two more shows in December 2012 and January 2013, then disbanded. In November 2012, Teen Suicide released another EP titled hymns prior to announcing they were breaking up. Around this time, Alec Simke became a full-fledged member of the band. In September 2012, Teen Suicide released their debut full-length album titled i will be my own hell because there is a devil inside my body. Instead, the tracks intended for release on the album were included as part of the compilation rarities, unreleased stuff, and cool things, then released separately shortly afterward. A full-length album entitled waste yrself was also being produced around the same time, but it was left uncompleted. They followed up that EP with a three-song EP titled goblin problems in June 2012. In February of the following year, they released an EP titled DC snuff film. Teen Suicide formed in 2009, with their first release being the 2011 compilation bad vibes forever which consisted of "early early demos." From their formation until their breakup in 2013, the band functioned as a duo with Sam Ray on vocals and guitar and Eric Livingston on drums, occasionally accompanied by various unofficial members such as Alec Simke and Caroline White. Everything about them, one of my favourite bands.