Monday, Nov. 17: Teenage Moods

Northern

By Rev. Adam McKinney on November 13, 2014

Minneapolis band Teenage Moods describe themselves as, interchangeably, "flower punk" and "floral rock." There's a fine difference between those two descriptors, but that little bit of distance is actually a bit of a gulf. The latter self-assigned genre may be the most accurate, as Teenage Moods take a flower-power attitude to power pop and mod stylings. Even more than garage revivalists, Teenage Moods are able to replicate the sort of carefree melodicism that was common in the mid-to-late '60s, as folk-rock and psychedelia were beginning to mix and mingle with the blues-rock aspirations of the mods. Even when things get a little amped up, there's a cleanliness to Teenage Moods that lends them a certain timelessness. They would have been right at home in the jangle-pop movement of the indie '80s, fitting right in on that iconic C86 tape.

TEENAGE MOODS, w/ Dumpster Baby, Jupiter Sprites, the Loud Potions, 8 p.m., Northern, 414 ½ Legion Way, Olympia, cover tba