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the Teenage Prayers
Indie / Rock



NEW YORK, NEW YORK
United States

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Member Since12/3/2004
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Band MembersOUR SHOW AT STUBB'S - PART 2

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ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Everyone Thinks You're the Best is a rocking good time, executed with soul and conviction, and ultimately a wonderful endorsement for a band that must be a blast in a live setting.

BOSTON HERALD: “A” - If you’ve bounced from Marah to the Hold Steady to Art Brut looking to recapture the high you get from discovering fresh, 24-karat rock ’n’ roll, you need to freebase New York’s Teenage Prayers… this Steve Wynn-produced follow-up clobbers cool and catchy with maniacal rock brilliance.

BRUCE WARREN WXPN-PHILLY: Frontman Tim Adams comes with the drama and energy so lacking in indie-rock these days and his brother Terry is adept at riffing on soul music as he is with the classic rock. The songs on this album promise you a bright future should you indulge.

POPMATTERS.COM: Bucking the "nostalgia band" trend by being authentically nostalgic, the Teenage Prayers cause you to give blessings to that raw, purely enthusiastic adolescent music fan in all of us.

BROOKLYN ROCKS: The forthcoming sophomore release from The Teenage Prayers hasn't left my CD player for the last week. The band's music is somewhat of a throwback to the 70's but it touches on all points of the spectrum. There are elements of Cheap Trick, New York Dolls, Queen and California funk-rock on this disc.

UNDERRATED MAGAZINE: If these guys started their own religion, it would get you to stand up and sing. Trust me. I did it.

POPMATTERS.COM: Solomon Burke must have sensed that waft of tension in the Teenage Prayers' irony-free delivery -- their calculated smoke signals suggest they're searching for the secrets of the real showmen, not just fanatically aping them.

BOSTON PHOENIX: Frontman Tim Adams sing-shouts are a cross between James Brown and Isaac Brock

TROUSER PRESS: One of the most soulful indie rock outfits to come out of New York in years...

CITY BEAT, CINCINNATI: Their riffs have a sort of visceral simplicity, somewhere between the Rolling Stones and the Presidnents of the United states of America. Add the piano/organ and the juxtaposed guitar parts and a stew thickens. When you pourin the soulful vocals, the mixture becomes too thick to stir, but the Prayers are just going to start a food fight with it, anyway.

Influencesblind boy grunt and the hawks, john cassavetes, the clark sisters, solomon burke, iggy, bowie, stax, kinks, otis, phil spector, sam & dave, hayes & porter, william bell, lorette velvette, steve shiffman, atlantis black, steve wynn, mike viola, lou, keith, hi records, jerry lee, randy, harry, aretha, dan penn, nina simone, mud boy & the neutrons, scharpling & wurster

Sounds LikeEVERYONE THINKS YOU’RE THE BEST - IN STORES NOW!!!

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The Teenage Prayers - Everyone Thinks You’re the Best

"TEN SONGS" AVAILABE ON CDBABY.COM...
album coverTHE TEENAGE PRAYERS: Ten Songs

With a sound that lies somewhere between the Band, the Kinks, Otis Redding and the soundtrack to "Cabaret", the Teenage Prayers are both oddly familiar and totally distinct.

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Record LabelTrue Love Through Better Music
Type of LabelIndie





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the Teenage Prayers - Ten Songs..

It’s a risky business to meet your musical heroes. They can shatter your illusions in a word. Or they can turn out to be the people you dream them to be.

So far, the Teenage Prayers are two-for-two on the winning side of that equation. In 2005, Grammy-winning soul legend Solomon Burke offered to produce a final track for their first album, Ten Songs, flew the New York group to LA and did just that. In 2006, Steve Wynn -- founder of the Dream Syndicate and 30-year hero of the DIY rock world -- watched the Teenage Prayers open a gig for him. He, too, offered to produce them. The result: Everyone Thinks You’re the Best.

Everyone Thinks You’re the Best is filled with raucous melodies, a truly dislocated sense of time and place and lyrics that explore the dark corners of manhood and mankind. Touching many points on the musical spectrum, the album cavorts through garage rock, glam, America’s south, soul, gospel, reggae, bossa nova, and Teutonic stomp. Amazingly, the diverse menu always sounds like the Teenage Prayers.

Lead singer Tim Adams, who has been called "a cross between James Brown and Isaac Brock" (of Modest Mouse) by the Boston Phoenix, is one of the band’s signature elements; brotherly harmonies by guitarist Terrence Adams provide perfect counterpoint. The rhythm section of Kyle Chrise on bass and Kyle Wills on drums, underpins the oddly familiar yet totally unique sound of this band.

“Frontman Tim Adams comes with the drama and energy so lacking in indie-rock these days and his brother Terry is adept at riffing on soul music as he is with the classic rock. The songs on this album promise you a bright future should you indulge.” Bruce Warren, WXPN- Philadelphia. Formed in 2001, the Teenage Prayers have worked their way up from New York dive bars to the Prospect Park Bandshell, where in 2007 they opened for the Hold Steady at Celebrate Brooklyn. They are a merciless road band, bringing their hail-of-bullets live show to Los Angeles, Chicago, SXSW in Austin and all over the Eastern Seaboard.

Everyone Thinks You’re the Best will be released March 18, 2008 through MRI Associated Labels and Red Distribution. Contact:

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Steve





Jul 25 2008 4:09 PM

Had your CD on today and wondered when you might be back to Maryland? I'm the guy who wrote the little review of the Easton show.
See ya!
SubMantra





Jul 22 2008 1:34 PM

SUBMANTRA WITH IRMA rec. OUT NOW: Click on image for beatport preview
just misti





Jul 18 2008 7:53 AM

i need to catch a plane
and catch a show!

it's been too long since i've seen the prayers don't ya think?

hope you guys are well!

xx
Roy Davis & The Dregs





Jul 9 2008 4:24 PM

Hey boys...I heard you rocked the house last saturday! Sorry we missed it.

But hey, we're playing Banjo Jim's in the city a week from today, the 16th. We go on at 8pm and then it's "Adam Levy's Wishlist." Swing by!

Roy
Nobody’s Hero





Jul 8 2008 12:54 PM

dude, I can't believe that I missed your Boston performance. Next time, I swear.
:)
Girls Guns and Glory





Jul 7 2008 12:58 PM

Fantastic show on Saturday!!! Way to bring the thunder and just kill it!!!
Cassavettes





Jul 7 2008 8:27 AM

favorite. band. you. are. ours. pretty. much.
Dakotta





Jul 2 2008 12:37 PM

thanks for accepting the add greetings
Anna





Jul 1 2008 11:06 PM

THANK YOU FOR ADD...NICE TO MEET YOU & YOUR MUSIC...BEST WISHES TO YOU:))
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Jul 1 2008 1:44 AM

Ciao, grazie molto per l’Add! This is rockarbëresh from Sud-Italy…

Saluti!!!

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your black star





Jun 26 2008 12:54 PM

Hey dudes....we're in NYC next week...hope to see you soon!!!!

YBS @ Rehab (25 Ave.
B) Thursday, 7/3/08 at 10pm
Cassavettes





Jun 21 2008 7:44 AM

Greetings, Prayers!

We can't wait to rock the hell out of the Paradise up here in Boston with you dudes next month. Holy moly, it's gonna be fun.

Love always,
Cassavettes
Erika





Jun 20 2008 9:44 PM

What up yo??? Just wanted to add some pics from the Schubas show! Still waiting for you guys to come back to Chattavegas!!

Erika





Jun 20 2008 9:11 PM

oohhh yeeeaaarr!!!
Nobody’s Hero





Jun 19 2008 7:21 AM

give us this day our daily band AMEN
The Hurricane in Mink





Jun 14 2008 8:00 PM

timothy,

Send me some prayers - I need em'.

xo
s
Udaho





Jun 13 2008 11:24 PM

My friends feckin' rock.
RonSher





Jun 13 2008 4:00 PM

I've just posted a new song entitled "lift My Hands" Stop by listen and tell me what you think.

God Bless,

RonSher
james ßurgon