I’m a teeny bit late to the party with this one, but I’ve really been digging Ski Lift this year, and as I shared Portal and Moaning Again, it seems only right to share Teenager – the third of a trilogy of tracks they’ve released this year. It’s warm and I’m more than a little bit exhausted physically (…. hot) and mentally (hooray for that one horrible anti-masker who is desperate to spout ridiculous views towards retail workers – woo!) and I’m trying to write this far too late in the day, so I might just let the track do the talking. There are some pretty relevant themes at play…
Vocalist Benji Tranter, who fronts the project alongside a rotating group of musicians as live back-up, explains of the track – “Teenager represents the mindset of youth, the optimism, the cynicism, the freedom, the rebellion. That time in your life when everything is ahead of you, and life is exciting and you believe that you can change the world – while at the same time you’re imprisoned by it. There’s a bitter sweetness to it but it’s visceral and real and tangible. Life can beat you into submission and apathy, but the young will always fight that. This is me refuting the mundanity and conformity of adulthood, even if only for two and a half nostalgic minutes at a time.”