Tough Age – Tough Age (2013) review
Tough Age “Tough Age” (Mint Records, 2013)
Very few records had came out this year that I knew I would
be obsessed over, the self titled album from Vancouvers fantastic Tough Age is
just that. Throughout the record you feel like your on a date with your best
gal. Throughout that date you take her to a beach party, followed by a trip to
the local malt shop to share a shake, perhaps you defend her honor in a back
alley knife fight, ending the night in a drag race around suicide bend. Clearly
you can hear the different musical influences travelling within this record,
Lo-fi fuzz pop you would expect belonging to one of the many Flying Nun bands,
elements of Doo-Wop, dip your toes into the water with some surf rock, and
finally a mouthful of Bubblegum Pop. Even most surprising is how well
everything sounds with some crazy good reverbed guitar. This is a short record,
but with so many hooks and surprises hiding in plain sight this is something I
bet you will be revisiting again and again.
be obsessed over, the self titled album from Vancouvers fantastic Tough Age is
just that. Throughout the record you feel like your on a date with your best
gal. Throughout that date you take her to a beach party, followed by a trip to
the local malt shop to share a shake, perhaps you defend her honor in a back
alley knife fight, ending the night in a drag race around suicide bend. Clearly
you can hear the different musical influences travelling within this record,
Lo-fi fuzz pop you would expect belonging to one of the many Flying Nun bands,
elements of Doo-Wop, dip your toes into the water with some surf rock, and
finally a mouthful of Bubblegum Pop. Even most surprising is how well
everything sounds with some crazy good reverbed guitar. This is a short record,
but with so many hooks and surprises hiding in plain sight this is something I
bet you will be revisiting again and again.
Review made by Matt Yablonski/2013
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