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Limited edition blue coloured cassette, with full booklet designed by Calvin Halliday.

Includes unlimited streaming of Teenage Tom Petties via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. The third album by Teenage Tom Petties – and confusingly their second self-titled record – sees singer, guitarist Tom Brown return to the bedroom after the full-band studio fuzz-fest of last year’s Hotbox Daydream (“Every song could’ve been a single.” Rosy Overdrive).

Driven by a long-time desire to make an alt-rock 90’s powerpop record, S/T 2 takes the first Fountains Of Wayne album, blows out the amps and stirs in some Superdrag and that much-maligned band that begins with a ‘W’. And though Brown recorded at home, technology did allow for fellow TTP members Jim Quinn (bass) and Galen Richmond (BVs) to join the party. "I'd love to record with the band all the time – and we have plans for next year,” says Brown. “But I figured if I'm going back to the bedroom why not make a sort-of-sequel to the first record. Capture a time and place. This time it was to make a grungy 90's power pop album that would be glued inside your Walkman all summer long. Loads of distortion and attempted Beach Boys harmonies."

Lyrically you'll find more storytelling and detachment than on the previous records: whether it’s the US tour-gone-wrong of ‘Kissed Me In Seattle’ or the high-concept film idea of ‘Ex Gf Day’. Biographical elements can't help but sneak through, though – especially in the many references to America and its influence on all TTP’s music.

Mixed by Tom and Jack Shirley (Tony Molina, Jeff Rosenstock, Diners) to capture that crisp and big 90’s sound while remaining full of DIY buzzes and hums, S/T 2 doesn’t hang around. Its 11 songs are over and done in 25 minutes. But for that short time, you’re transported to wherever the sun is shining in suburbia.

Founded in York in 2018, Safe Suburban Home (SSH) is an independent record label. SSH is all about connecting with new music, that introduction to a band that creates a lasting bond, in the same vein as the great singles clubs and is an incubator for the best new talent around.

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