Ghent's Teen Creeps return after a four year gap with their third album and it is Indie Rock of the highest quality. At times, it sounds like the more melodic side of 90s Rock as the Power Trio knit together like glue to provide a rousing affair.
The band have this uncanny ability to offer up both laidback riff led songs and noisy outbursts. There are other times when they hint at mid 80s Indie, yet then surprise you with something more shouty. Those killer riffs are at the front of everything.
They can be a more heavy Feeder or on a par with the likes of Superchunk. Running Start for instance is like three songs in one, incredibly melodic, engaging and meandering at the end. No-Show is much faster and energetic, more in your face, very 90s.
Yet Stay Here gets incredibly close to Power Pop. Engine is closer to early 80s Post Punk and Stranded is a little Green Day without the showing off. There's even a hypnotic closer that washes you away in Signs & Symptoms that bookends with a much heavier vibe.
Automatically is the major surprise with its brooding, more West Coast Rock or Classic Rock than you would expect. The album does sound a little Retro at times, but Today Is The Day is performed with such a gusto that this matters little. But oh those Riffs! They just grab a hold of you.
You can listen to the whole album here. It can be bought and listened to at the places noted here. It is available on Vinyl and as a download.
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