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#84 Teenanger / Charlie and the Moonhearts Split

Telephone Explosion Records, 2009
Surf, Psych-Garage

I picked up this split at a Teenanger show (at Tribeca, if memory serves), and was super pumped. I don't think I really knew much about Ty Segall at the time, though I would come to love his stuff later, and it was very cool when I realized he was involved with this record. Even more cool was my great enjoyment of the Charlie and the Moonhearts side of this split. Though I bought it for Teenanger, I would ultimately fall for Charlie and the Moonhearts! 

This record is loud and energetic and intense, and at the same time light and fun and surfy. I wouldn't play it for folks who don't like distortion, but it's a great piece of my collection. 

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