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Teenage Witch and Sea Foam Grey Reviewed

Teenage Witch and Sea Foam Grey Reviewed

Teenage Witch – Jaloux

God bless rage and anger, for they have within them the kind of energy that could cause an empire to crumble. But nobody blessed with these kinds of gifts should sleep too comfortably at night. When they aren’t destroying the enemy, they destroy the person who holds them. The sad fact is that this energy offers just as much as it consumes. 

It’s, perhaps, why real anger hasn’t been part of the rock star package of late. Those who truly had it were unreliable as far as the record labels fronting the money for the projects were concerned. They won’t appear on late-night television shows; they would court controversy through their music, and often, they wouldn’t make it to the studio to clock in and clock out. 

Treasure the artists who have real anger and undeniable drive. There are few left like them. Canada’s “Teenage Witch” is one of them. The artist is a veteran of the art of creating rock albums, and we’re in luck, as the creative enthusiasm has not disappeared. It’s reflected through a sound that is abrasive yet danceable. This is DYI, melancholy-driven gothic/post-punk. 

But “Jaloux” isn’t really a song about being whipped back and forth by fate. Just listen closely, and you’ll discover a lo-fi sound in which every element pushes back and provokes the listener. There’s a combative about “Jaloux” that makes it special. And, we can’t help but be greedy and hope Teenage Witch has plenty more songs like this to come. 


Sea Foam Grey – Machine in Flames

For a long time, the big game in rock music was to get faster and louder than your competition. It was a constant war, thought one meter at a time using bayonets. But, just like the bayonets themselves, these things would soon become useless because of technology. There’s no need nowadays to ring up a drummer from a different town that has the ability to play at 200 rpm. There’s a drum machine app that can do that with much greater consistency. 

In fact, with so many bells and whistles that can be added to music nowadays and so few resources required pop and rock producers are tempted to use as many of them as possible. In fact, even extreme metal bands recorded using modern methods sound remarkably tame. Actually, big pop hits may be hiking distorted guitar solos within the track’s stems, but there’d be no way to tell. 

Sea Foam Grey knows that pop music is a bit of a mangled mess, just as the world seems to be at the moment. The appropriate soundtrack, therefore, is one that allows for space and time to consider things. “Machine in Flames” is inspired by the kind of post-punk/gothic-rock strategies where silence is given the starring role. The bass parts here are great, the guitar is understated, and the lyrics flirt with images of modern decay. By choosing to be subtle, Sea Foam Grey are louder than most. 

Teenage Witch - Jaloux

8.0

Sea Foam Grey - Machine in Flames

8.0

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About author

Eduard Banulescu is a writer, blogger, and musician. As a content writer, Eduard has contributed to numerous websites and publications, including FootballCoin, Play2Earn, BeIN Crypto, Business2Community, NapoliSerieA, Extra Time Talk, Nitrogen Sports, Bavarian FootballWorks, etc. He has written a book about Nirvana, hosts a music podcasts, and writes weekly content about some of the best, new and old, alternative musicians. Eduard also runs and acts as editor-in-chief of the alternative rock music website www.alt77.com. Mr. Banulescu is also a musician, having played and recorded in various bands and as a solo artist.
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