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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Brooklyn band formed by Lizzie & Teeny Lieberson is its first with new bassist Boshra AlSaadi.
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  • Record Label: Carpark Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
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Tied Up Tied Down
My mouth is wired shut There's cannons in my ears Pressure on my chest I'm choking on your mirrored face Been tied up before And it's held me back... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
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  1. Apr 28, 2014
    80
    With productions that rely on analog-sounding synthesizers and drums both live and programmed, Teen can hint at Stereolab, Erykah Badu or Dirty Projectors. Yet the songs also tend to metamorphose as they go, starting out perky and pointillistic and ending up, perhaps, in a brass-section chorale or a brawny rock guitar riff.
  2. 80
    Every track here is distinct and complex. The Way and Color is not an album designed to blend into the background noise of your day. It really demands your time. It demands to be listened to.
  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 23, 2014
    80
    What TEEN have fashioned here is heady stuff. [May 2014, p.117]
  4. Apr 22, 2014
    70
    The Way and Color may not be the final destination for this breed of indie, but it does serve as a striking signpost along the way.
  5. Apr 23, 2014
    70
    The Way and Color is a gem in its own devastating way, but don't be surprised if TEEN occupy a completely different space next time.
  6. Apr 30, 2014
    68
    While fun, some of the foursome’s unique sound is sorely absent.
  7. Apr 21, 2014
    40
    What we have is quite ironically, a record lacking both direction and colour.

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