The Teenage Idols' debut EP features floor rumbling, Stooges-inspired grooves and Chrome Cranks eeriness. "Beat Generator" insistently hums with a slow, distorted riff, Halvard's wild voice and a thundering floor tom, while "Soul Power" is diesel-fuelled R&B and "Dead Beat Gone" is a cyclone of shattered windows and sharp-edged guitar lines. The title track builds up fierce momentum like an unhinged train loaded with dynamite. In four short songs, the Stockholm-based Teenage Idols prove they will not be left waiting in the wings in the midst of the current Swedish rock'n'roll attack.
(Playground)Teenage Idols
Northern City
BY Rob NayPublished Jun 1, 2002