Garage-punk duo Teen Mortgage just finished another leg of their tour to promote their newest album, Devil Ultrasonic Dream. This time we caught up with them at one of the coolest Milwaukee-area venues, X-Ray Arcade, along with supporting bands Alex Vile and Bev Rage & The Drinks. Check it out!
Voted Chicago’s Best Punk Band in 2024, Bev Rage & The Drinks opened the night with their loud, fast, and unique stage presence. Drag queen Beverly Rage towers over the crowd in high heels and tall hair, delivering a fun theatrical and unapologetically queer performance.
Tacoma, Washington’s Alex Vile began as a solo project by guitarist and vocalist Alexandra Vilenius and has since transformed into a solid 4-piece indie grunge band. Staying true to their Seattle-area roots, Alex Vile has all the vibes of an early 90’s alt rock band.
Teen Mortgage is still as fast and rowdy as ever as this leg of the tour comes to a close, echoing the common message of existential dread that we’ve all been feeling: damn ya’ll, shit’s fucked.
“Have you seen A Bug’s Life?” Asks guitarist/vocalist James Guile between ripping through songs of their politically charged album Devil Ultrasonic Dream. The 1998 animated film has deeper themes of anti-capitalism and class struggle, akin to many of the band’s songs.
The band just dropped a new single “Below the Christmas Tree” that is anything but your typical holiday track.
On the new song, James Guile shared, “We wanted to give people a new Christmas song to throw in their rotation because the usual Christmas hits get tedious to listen to. The song is a satire of people’s tendency to ignore the world and embrace consumerism during Christmas and the way they would continue the tradition in the face of a nuclear holocaust. But the flip side of that is that Christmas is a call for peace.”
The band is also partnering with Super Skate Posse and the Boys and Girls Club of Baltimore to provide 50 pre-selected, area youths with new skateboards, helmets, and Converse sneakers, along with a skate demo and music performance in Baltimore.
The event will take place at the Skatepark of Baltimore on Saturday, November 22nd and will include demos from professional skaters Brian Anderson, Darren Harper, Spencer Brown, and Tony Massey, as well as a full performance from the band.
Post-holidays Teen Mortgage is slated to tour with Joyce Manor, Militarie Gun, and Combat next spring.
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