The Teen Age Gets By With A Little Help from Its Chemical Friends on New EP

The Teen Age isn't a band to dwell on tough times. Although vocalist/guitarist Matt "Deg" Degorio describes the group's new EP Ways to Adapt as a "breakup record" (although he openly admits to the term as clichéd), the four-track release celebrates and laments substance abuse as, in fact, a way to adapt.

The music video for the band's single (featured at the end of this week's Music Times Meets) "Stop" features a crowd of friends carrying on around the band in its cramped practice space and, based on the band's description of its June 3 album release party, it was quite a throw down. Hint: Nick, the drummer, suggests during the talk with Music Times that he fell victim to some Mike Tyson-esque shenanigans onstage.

For those less interested in TMZ-style affairs and the Motley Crue-lifestyle, The Teen Age's actual music is much more restrained. Celebrating a genre known as garage doo-wop, the band offers its narratives in line with the melodies of classic '60s pop, and delivers on the "garage" promise by keeping its recordings as raw as possible. Host Ryan Book made a shameless stab at the band on-air, asking if they had ever heard themselves recorded without an ocean of reverb.

However, as tends to be the case with Music Times Meets, the conversation didn't stick strictly to music for long. Topics of conversation included the most efficient ways to churn out ten-word band reviews, fictional super-villain networks, and the sharp new suits that the group wore for the first time while appearing at Music Times.

Wait, you haven't heard about the new stage costumes? Better download and listen in then!