The other day I went off on aging pop stars attempting to connect with teens through music that is base and exploitative. The post revolved around a song/video by Oh No Miriam! called “Teenage Love”. Well now here’s another song by a teenager entitled “Teenage Love”. The band in question is basically a 16 year old Stockholm kid that goes by the name of Sandstream. This is the first single by the group (the Myspace page went live 4 days ago) and it is a duet with a mysterious female singer.
The song starts out with a robotic introduction but this is not Daft Punk electro trash. Instead it’s melodious electro-pop with its roots in English dance pop of the 80’s and 90’s (Depeche Mode, Cure, Echo and the Bunneymen etc etc). The duet is one of the elements of the song that sets it apart, the other is the earnest vocals of the male lead singer. Let me know what you think of this in the comments…I’m going to leave this post up for a day or two to let this settle in.
Tags: Sandstream
Fantastic song. I really enjoy how the male and female voices works as a unit. If the kid can do a song like that at the age of 16 then i must say he's got a bright future ahead of him! Teenage love rules!
I heard a lot of teenage love songs …these are some lyrics i couldnt let go
It's really good! Very young and fresh! Impressive
Hey Craig!
Thanks.
I sent you loving hugs back at my myspaceblog, but you probably won't read that. I really like you now.
Sandstream is my biggest idol! I love him so!!!! <3333
my gosh! if sandstream doesn't take over the world, i'll lay down i foetal position and cry my eyes out.
Sounds promising! I too am surprised that the song was as melodic as it was and I'm glad that it has some singing in it too, I'm getting kind of tired of all these electro songs without lyrics (and the ones that's got a few words that are constantly repeated). Good song!