Remember that band Friends ? I bet you do, that's because there are two of them, one in Japan and one in Brooklyn. The former has recently changed their name to Teen Runnings to smooth out the situation and guess what? I like that better. They put up some new jams on their bandcamp and I scored one of the tracks from Nuravebrainwave . If you dig on some reverb, echo and other forms of bounce-back check out the song below. Teen Runnings - Why Does Everybody Do?
Teen Runnings // "Wonder Mountaineering" Bands will change their name for a myriad of reasons. In the case of the Japanese surf rocking band Friends , their name change was done with you the listener in mind. I don't know if you have ever tried to google the band or not. I have and it's darn near impossible. So in order to make things less confusing, they will now and forevermore be known as Teen Runnings . I can dig it. In honor of the metamorphosis, there is a brand new bandcamp site with [...]
Here's a sweet new jam by Japan's Teen Runnings , formerly known as Friends. " Wonder Mountaineering " has a catchy lo-fi guitar sound and some wistful vocals. It gets stuck on repeat. I promise! via Teen Runnings - Facebook Teen Runnings - Bandcamp
My favorite Japanese band, formerly known as Friends , has changed their name to Teen Runnings due to the whatever Brooklyn band that took the name. Why Does Everybody Do is of the same ilk - that is, sublime reverb-pop - as all their previous jams under the name Friends. Succulent and sweet, the straightfoward riffs are like fuzzy waterfalls, chugging along in perfect accord with the reverbed-out 'ooh oohs' of the doo-wop-pop vocals. As always, this is awesome. mp3: Teen Runnings - [...]
Japanese fuzzy surf-pop outfit Friends had a marvelous yet widely overlooked 10 inch release last year, but as everybody keeps talking about their other Friends , the folks around Shota Kaneko recently decided to change their name into Teen Runnings , which actually might turn out to be a rather wise decision after all. The group has heralded the start of their newish existence by unveiling a few very worthwhile demos - listen to the uplifting and sundrenched beach anthem "Why Does Everybody Do?" below and check some other tunes over [...]
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