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The Rock-A-Teens: Chris Lopez, Justin Davis Hughes (vocals, guitar); William Joiner (bass); Ballard Lesemann (drums).
"This world is filled with such ugly things/Frightful visions is all it brings/All he needs is to hear some pretty sounds." Chris Lopez's quavering wail soulfully emits these words from the edge of sanity near the end of The Rock A Teens' third full-length SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, and there can be no more appropriate finale to this powerful, sincere, unrefined record.
Following the eye and ear-popping GOLDEN TIME, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH offers testament to this Southern-fried band's position as a rising force in fired-up rock & roll. Hailing from Cabbagetown, Georgia, on the outskirts of Atlanta, The Rock A Teens play a spirited, gritty, but melodic brand of '50s raucous, backwoods rock & roll. Their stocks-in-trade are hearty, dexterous, clever songs of life and love. While the organ-infused opening track "Car and Driver" plays off a relatively simple metaphor, it does so in an original and remarkable manner. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH presents intelligent, hard-hitting rock as the Rock A Teens manage to cull from the music of the past without ever seeming even vaguely anachronistic.
"This world is filled with such ugly things/Frightful visions is all it brings/All he needs is to hear some pretty sounds." Chris Lopez's quavering wail soulfully emits these words from the edge of sanity near the end of The Rock A Teens' third full-length SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, and there can be no more appropriate finale to this powerful, sincere, unrefined record.
Following the eye and ear-popping GOLDEN TIME, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH offers testament to this Southern-fried band's position as a rising force in fired-up rock & roll. Hailing from Cabbagetown, Georgia, on the outskirts of Atlanta, The Rock A Teens play a spirited, gritty, but melodic brand of '50s raucous, backwoods rock & roll. Their stocks-in-trade are hearty, dexterous, clever songs of life and love. While the organ-infused opening track "Car and Driver" plays off a relatively simple metaphor, it does so in an original and remarkable manner. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH presents intelligent, hard-hitting rock as the Rock A Teens manage to cull from the music of the past without ever seeming even vaguely anachronistic.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Car and Driver
2 - If I Wanted To Be Famous (I'd Have Shot Someone)
3 - Please Don't Go Downtown Tonight
4 - Betwixt or Between
5 - Make It New Again
6 - Sun's Up
7 - It's Destiny
8 - Hwy R
Disc 2:
1 - If You Only Knew
2 - I Hope You'll Never See Me Like This
3 - That Day is Today
4 - Ma, Look What the City Did To Me
5 - Our Future Was Then
6 - Lee Knows Every Raindrop
7 - Put It Right Out of Your Mind
8 - No Books About It
9 - Pretty Thoughts Strike Down the Band
1 - Car and Driver
2 - If I Wanted To Be Famous (I'd Have Shot Someone)
3 - Please Don't Go Downtown Tonight
4 - Betwixt or Between
5 - Make It New Again
6 - Sun's Up
7 - It's Destiny
8 - Hwy R
Disc 2:
1 - If You Only Knew
2 - I Hope You'll Never See Me Like This
3 - That Day is Today
4 - Ma, Look What the City Did To Me
5 - Our Future Was Then
6 - Lee Knows Every Raindrop
7 - Put It Right Out of Your Mind
8 - No Books About It
9 - Pretty Thoughts Strike Down the Band