1. Peter Pan Complex
2. As Personal as a Greetings Card
3. Everything is a Tide
4. Fabric
5. Two Seconds
6. Dear Judas
7. Empty Nest
8. Seasick
9. The Lion and the Gazelle
Age Sixteen were an excellent screamo band from Baltimore, MD. They didn't release much, but everything they put out is pretty much gold. This record is concise, moving and memorable. The production is raw, the playing can be a little sloppy at times and it's all over very quickly (with only one of the 9 tracks breaking the 3 minute mark - these dudes don't fuck around) - in other words, unless they reform, this is the closest you'll get to watching this band play without the aid of a time machine. Every song on here is near perfect, with timeless melodies all over the place, a range of gorgeous twinkly guitar tones, satisfactorily noisy drums and desperate, straining vocals which are almost drowned out by the music at times. If you can make them out, the lyrics are perfect too.
Recommended tracks: "Peter Pan Complex" and "Fabric"
Also recommended is this band's split with Wren Lloyd. It's a little heavier, a little better produced, and it features a surprisingly inoffensive (as in, it doesn't make me want to hunt down the band members and punch them all) cover of Sunny Day Real Estate's classic "Seven". So yeah, check that out too.
- Danny M.
I'm pretty sure that I was at a show with the drummer from this band. He also played with Suis La Lune while they were touring in the U.S. or something.
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