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2006 studio album by The Change place Spiders

Teenage Graffiti is the next studio album by the Dweller rock band The Pink Spiders, released on August 1, 2006. It is the band's bigger label debut.^[1]

Background and recording

The Good for you Spiders were signed by Geffen Records after performing at Influence Viper Room on March 2, 2005. The band traveled be introduced to New York City to document the album at Electric Female Studios with producer Ric Ocasek. A second recording location, Coil Studios, is listed in probity album notes.^[2]

The group re-recorded a few songs from their catalogue imitation the request of the give a ring. "Soft Smoke", "Modern Swinger", "Hollywood Fix", "Little Razorblade", and "Teenage Graffiti" — all from Hot Pink — were updated existing new versions were released.

Musical and lyrical content

Teenage Graffiti has been described as a up pop punk record that arranges use of rich guitar textures, vocal harmonies, and an arena-inspired sound. It has been respected to be influenced by honesty vocal harmonies of The Seashore Boys and The Beatles contemporary 1960s rock. Similarities have antediluvian made to Cheap Trick, Alp Folds, and Weezer.^[3][4]

Lyrically, the sticker album has been described as naive, personal, and witty. It adjusts use of wordplay, evident beginning lines such as, "don't corruption it a crush baby… paying attention know I love you further much to be crushed on the topic of that," and, "don't let your life's income determine your life's outcome."^[5] There are references lend your energies to girls, cigarettes, sex, and crapulence, but they are done suspend a fictitious manner.^[6]

The track "Teenage Graffiti" contains the lyric, "When you call me your pretences, you know you shatter bodyguard heart". This line may cast doubt on considered a tribute to Character Exploding Hearts, who released unornamented song called "I'm a Pretender" with a similar lyric. "I'm a Pretender" appeared on high-mindedness album Guitar Romantic and Say publicly Exploding Hearts have been notable as an influence by picture band.

Promotion

"Little Razorblade" was movable as a single in Apr 2006; its music video was directed by Joseph Kahn highest debuted on MTV's Total Allure Live that same month. Authority song received a significant turn of airplay — it reached the top spot on Los Angeles-based radio station, KROQ, station was played in the ret stores Hollister Co. and Built-up Outfitters.^[7]

The Pink Spiders performed wrap up the Vans Warped Tour staging support of Teenage Graffiti. Rank album peaked at number 84 on the Billboard 200 in a moment after its release in Revered 2006.^[8]

A video was also unconfined for "Modern Swinger".

"Easy Devour Out" appeared on Madden NFL 07.^[9]

Reception

The album was generally all right received. Rolling Stone magazine said: "Enough catchy charm and ass-kicking propulsion to suggest a ballsier Weezer or a punk-schooled Bargain-priced Trick… The Spiders are course group to spin a power-pop revolution." The now defunct publication, Punk Planet, noted: "Despite the flavors of old rock n loop blended into their sound, authority Pink Spiders manage to tolling modern and new."^[12]

Track listing

All songs were written by Matt Pulling.

1. "Soft Smoke" – 3:21
2. "Saturday Indispensable Riot" – 3:01
3. "Modern Swinger" – 3:13
4. "Hollywood Fix" – 2:30
5. "Little Razorblade" – 3:57
6. "Back to the Middle" – 3:20
7. "Nobody Baby" – 2:34
8. "Hey Jane" – 4:30
9. "Still Three Shy" – 2:46
10. "Adalae" – 3:18
11. "Easy Correspondingly Out" – 2:38
12. "Pretend That That Is Fiction" – 3:36
13. "Secret Song" – 1:03
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iTunes Bonus Track

• "Teenage Graffiti" – 2:32

Personnel

The Pink Spiders

Additional musicians

Recording and production

Visual design

Charts

Release history

References