1. Who are Teen Mortgage?
Teen Mortgage are a punk duo from Washington D.C. Their music ranges from surf punk to hardcore, they have been playing together since 2017 and collected their singles and E.P's into a debut self-titled album Teen Mortgage (Jan, 2024). Tuning In (August, 2022) is their most popular song.
2. What kind of song is Tuning In?
Tuning In is a tight two minute garage rock song that bops and has a catchy chorus not entirely dissimilar to The Ramones or FIDLAR. The tune is dismissive of corporate media and its effect on society.
3. Which bands have Teen Mortgage been compared to?
Comparisons have been made to Death From Above 1979, Bad Nerves and Wine Lips.
4. Which bands have influenced Teen Mortgage?
They have expressed some love for White Stripes, Dead Kennedys, Fu Manchu, The Cramps and their contemporaries Meth Rats.
5. What have people said about Tuning In?
"Big hooks, gritty guitars and raw garage/punk" - Havoc Underground.
"A steady percussive pulse ...complement a steady punk-friendly vocal" - Obscure Sound.
"A lot of intensity, attitude and a fundamental freshness" - Metal Junkbox.
"Corporations own em and tell em what to say,
Telling all of us to keep our hatred away,
From the billionaires that cause the real glooming"
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