Teenhood’s throbbing and urgent single “Single Mistakse” tackles the age old generation gap struggle in a way that initially seems like the usual callout of adult hypocrisy. But between the melancholic drive of the lead guitar and that of the bass and drum machines the vocals adopt the perspective of a parent so steeped in the worn out patriarchal perspective that tells all of us we need to be tough and strong in the neglectful and ineffective, unsustainable ways that have become the norm for too many for too long. Not the nurturing approach to being a parent but the “tough love” variety that doesn’t even take accountability for the consequences of the failure of that approach. Though mid-song there is a crack in tha presentation when mistakes made are admitted like a tacit admission that the guiding worldview doesn’t really work but also pushing responsibility for the lived legacy of a cultural feature that was never particularly viable even if it has often been common. In taking on that persona the song calls attention to the utter lack of reason and logic to that way of being and sets it to stark atmospheres and propulsive energy in the modern post-punk mode. Listen to “Same Mistakes” on Spotify and follow Teenhood at the links below.
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