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By: Wilfred Brandt
Date: 9th Apr 08
Release: Album
To Cure: A quiet weekend
WHAT
REALITY CHECK
WHO
THE TEENAGERS
ON
REMOTE CONTROL
MYSPACE
MYSPACE.COM/THETEENAGERS
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 and fetishization with 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?