EP Review: Teen Mortgage - Smoked (2021)
Picture Credit: Melanie Be Teen Mortgage - Smoked Release Date: October 22, 2021 Label: King Pizza Records Format: Cassette / Digital Length: 15:26 Genre: Stoner Punk / Post Punk Origin: Washington, D.C. , USA Two-and-a-half years ago, D.C.-based duo Teen Mortgage crashed into the realms of Punk, Post Punk, Stoner, and Garage when they released their first EP "Life / Death" . With the bouyancy of a jackhammer and the elegance of a wrecking ball, Ed and James are back and present their sophomore release "Smoked" via King Pizza Records - a record label with a name so great, it makes me hungry. Thus, here we are with five new tracks hot as the desert sun and snottier than thou. SMOKED by TEEN MORTGAGE "Smoked" is opened by the energetic moshpit destroyer 'Shangri-La' that directly leads into the dynamic title track. In the first half especially, Teen Mortgage play fast, merciless, and hrilling UK-style Punk and Post Punk with a rad Garage sound. ...