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Lesser Demons (2008) 1. Theme from Teenage Suicide 2. Red Nurse 3. The Loud Confessor 4. Skin Lieutenant 5. Focus on Sanity

"“Theme From Teenage Suicide” may be the best song the band has ever written: it’s bracing and breathless and sarcastic and has the kind of hook that you remember after only one go-round. All five of these songs are winners, from the haunted mansion rattle of “The Loud Confessor” to the hyper-pop of “Skin Lieutenant.” I have a tendency to get very “rah! rah! rah!” about bands I love, but My Teenage Stride is clearly a band that is going somewhere. Lesser Demons finds them speeding along even faster. Pure pop bliss! Seriosuly: try “Theme From Teenage Suicide.” SOLID GOLD." ~ Joe Keyes, 17 Dots

Ears Like Golden Bats (2007, Becalmed) 1. Reception 2. That Should Stand For Something 3. To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge 4. Actors’ Colony 5. Ears Like Golden Bats 6. The Genie Of New Jersey 7. Terror Bends 8. Reversal 9. Chock’s Rally 10.  Heartless & Cruel 11.  Ruin 12.  We’ll Meet At Emily’s 13.  Depression Kicks 14.  Boys Will Tell

“Ears Like Golden Bats” is the third album by Brooklyn-based My Teenage Stride and the follow-up to 2005’s “Major Major” (Becalmed). At just under 40 minutes, Ears… gathers a collection of guitar pop gems that combine fatalism with not-yet-defeated hope, an inherent quality of many of Jedediah’s compositions. The references to Phil Spector, the Jesus & Mary Chain, and The Smiths are present in well-crafted and immediate tracks like “We’ll Meet At Emily’s,” “That Should Stand For Something,” and “Terror Bends.” Others such as “Reversal,” “Genie Of New Jersey” and “To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge” expand on those influences, sounding more atmospheric and reminiscent of The Chills and the pop side of John Cale and Brian Eno.

Major Major (2005, Becalmed) 1. Bleeding Saddles 2. Grim Wind 3. Pity Poem 4. They Are Alone In Their Principles 5. High School 6. Carry On Cassidy 7. Happy Mondays 8. It's Fair That You Should Follow Me 9. Bathing St Apostrophe 10. Penelope 11. Happy? 12. XO Freedom Rider

"Wow, I thought the first album was pretty good (although very inconsistently so), but this is just a hundred times better! The sound is a lot clearer, the songs are a lot more focused, and the overall feel is just a lot more positive. Like on the first album, the songs have a noticeable Phil Spector/ 60s-inspired quality to them, with hints of Jesus & Mary Chain and Dan Treacy added in. Thankfully missing are some of the garage rock and excessively noisy elements that I felt marred the first album, and in their place are just more pure and wonderful pop songs. Speaking of the first album, a couple of his earlier songs (a couple of his best ones, at that) appear on this disc, including "Penelope", which I felt was the highlight of that record. Well, on this album, it doesn't stand out as much, as there are many other songs of that caliber, including "Bleeding Saddles", "XO Freedom Rider", the Aislers Set-ish "It's Fair That You Should Follow Me" and "Carry On Cassidy", the b-side of his debut 7". I just have to say that any promises of greatness hinted at the first time around are fulfilled tenfold on this album! Highly recommended! MTQ=12/12" ~IndiePages.com

A Sad Cloud (2003, Banazan) 1. Penelope 2. Blackbeard's Ghost 3. Light in August 4. Let's go to the Firewalk 5. Man Called Heroin 6. Jesus Will Never Let Me Down 7. Dance to the Skeleton Hand 8. Worst Gig in the Sun 9. Hamburg 10. High School 11. A Sad Cloud 12. American Car 13. Queer Old Sun

"...What's this record about?: Loss, the price of ennui, nostalgia, meditation, ghosts, the plight of the songwriter, and the weird aging of the rock and roll story. Smith's vision is dark, his knowledge of rock history is broad, his wit is sharp, and he's a clever S.O.B. He seems to believe that the body of rock and roll has been fossilized, and the best we can achieve under current conditions is something like an undead existence. A Sad Cloud starts with a pretty typical last- chance love song ("Penelope"), but gets weirder and deeper from there. "Blackbeard's Ghost" is the first incidence of spectral forces, but there are others; here, Smith rues the the loss of cultural memory, and sings a good-natured requiem for the dissipated legend. Elsewhere, the monsters return: "Dance To The Skeleton Hand" is some sort of fatal sock hop where "the girls are willing and the boys are poor". "It'll kill ya!", sings Smith in the chorus, over and over, with a perkiness that's chilling..." ~Tris McCall, NJ.com

I'm Sorry (Becalmed) 7" Vinyl 1. I'm Sorry 2. Everyone's to Blame 3. Hamburg 4. Cover up Your Eyes 5. Dance to the Skeleton Hand

"With this five track E.P, My Teenage Stride have done their level best to encompass all entries in the Guinness Book of Hit Singles, Bartholomews World Atlas, and Bill Bryson's 'A Brief History of Time'. With just one listen to this 7" slab of vinyl you can draw a line directly from early 1960's Germany, to late 1980's Bristol, whilst taking in 1970's Detroit and 1960's California en route. And that's just the start of it..." ~Johnny  Mac, Friends of the Heroes

Blackbeard's Ghost (Banazan) 7" Vinyl 1. Blackbeard's Ghost 2. Carry on Cassidy

"...Get ready for a healthy dose of revivalist '60s pop! My Teenage Stride strips the rock 'n' roll down to its essential elements, favoring immediacy and emotional sincerity over slick production. "Blackbeard's Ghost" is a fun-loving tale that time-travels back to rock's more innocent days. If you need a reference point, think Sam the Sham teamed with The Small Faces..." ~Andrew Magilow, SplendidZine