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Unentitled: 1998​-​1998

by Teenager

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Unentitled 01:52
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2.
Nightfarming 01:51
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3.
Imadontwannabe 04:54
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4.
So Sad About You 02:00
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5.
Gone Now, Here Tomorrow 03:23
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Droppin' Out 02:47
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Alamo 03:37
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Miss Grey 04:02
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Tilt-a-Whirl 03:37
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Get Off 02:58
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11.
So Much More 03:25
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12.
Drop the Ax 02:32
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13.
Laughin' Love Jones 02:30
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14.
Hatful of Rain 02:58
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15.
Francesca 01:39
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Planet Girl 02:42
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Female Girl 02:05
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Golden Anniversary 01:51
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Fugitive 02:22
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20.
Why, Why, Why 04:52
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21.
Walkaway 02:29
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Beauty is Incomplete

"To be premature is perfect"
– Oscar Wilde

Donny Alger, Taylor Price, Greg Dopko, Lee de las Casas, and I were the original members of Teenager. We weren’t even teenagers, most of us were well into our twenties and one member was in his thirties. We were a false start. It was the summer of 1998. Teenager was a band formed solely to host an Open Mic Night on Sundays at Spirits Tavern in Auburn, New York during the month of July. The five of us started rehearsing in May. Our intent was simple, to write and play original Rock-n-Roll. We saw it as a vocation. The spirit of that summer and the spurt of creativity produced over forty classic songs that to this day remains as relevant as Rock-n-Roll itself. Whatever that meant then and for what it is worth now, we placed great value in what we made. The primary documents that remain are a few dozen pages of lyrics, three lo-fi band photographs, VHS tapes, unfinished 4-track recordings, a handmade pin, and a place mat with the words “TURN DOWN!” scrawled on it. We were loud, we were lost, a total mess that lived up to our name… and we were short-lived.

Teenager started to record an album on 4-track that August, but we imploded after a wreckless gig. There was never any formal break up – we just stopped playing together as a band. Lee had the recordings on his Tascam 4-track, which he used to overdub guitars over the next few years. Sometimes he invited Donny and me to record vocals. Even though Teenager ended, these songs haunted me for years and I saw it as a mission to someday re-record the songs in a decent studio and release them for the world to hear. In 2007, Teenager reformed with Donny, Taylor, and me being joined by Theresa Walsh and Beth Beer. This incarnation recorded an album called Entitled. Several of the songs written in the summer of 1998 were finally recorded in a way that captured the spirit of the original band. "Entitled" received several accolades including one of the10 best albums of 2007 by music critic Mark Bialczak and a positive review from Jack Rabid.

Twenty years later in June 2018, I contacted Lee to compile the original unfinished 4-track recordings from 1998, along with some of his guitar overdubs and his original guitar vignettes. These recordings are as unruly, unpolished and premature as we were. But in these early recordings you can hear our quintessence. The spirit that guided us that summer is wholly intact in these songs. Now we give you the original Teenager Unentitled.

– Terry Cuddy, May 2018

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released July 10, 2018

Teenager (circa 1998) was Donny Alger, Terry Cuddy, Taylor Price, Greg Dopko, and Lee de las Casas

Produced by Lee de las Casas
Recorded and Mixed by Lee de las Casas between the years of 1998 and 2003
Mastered by Jeremy Johnston in June 2018at SubCat Studios, Syracuse, NY

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Teenager Auburn, New York

Teenager hails from Auburn, New York, the city of tattoo parlors and drug stores. The five-member band performs rock-n-roll with tinges of punk, psychedelic and alt-country. In December 2007, they released their critically acclaimed studio recording debut "Entitled." They have been on hiatus since 2009 and have been recently preparing for a reunion gig. Stay tuned! ... more

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