Teenage Cool Kids

"Teenage Cool Kids were an Indie rock/Punk Rock band from Denton, Texas.

The band started in summer 2006 by Andrew Savage, later joined by Daniel Zeigler whom Savage met while attending the University of North Texas in Denton. The bands earlier material, from the self-released demo and "Remember Me as a Silhouette" 7", was lo-fi, poppy and often compared to early '90s indie rock. The band's first full length was Queer Salutations, released in 2007. Shortly after the release of Queer Salutations the band embarked on its first tour. The band is decidedly DIY, keeping all recording, songwriting, booking and visual art within the band. Teenage Cool Kids spent much of 2008 touring the United States and recording their next album. In 2009 the band was issued a cease and desist by Chicago hip-hop duo The Cool Kids over alleged trade mark infringement. The dispute ended with a settlement initiated by the Cool Kids. The dispute delayed the band's second LP release by several months, but in June 2009 Foreign Lands was released by Protagonist Music."

- Last Fm

This. Band. Shreds, extremely underrated; FFO indie, alt rock

Teenage Cool Kids - Demo (2007)

1. List

2. I Watched the Clock Turn 5 AM

3. Reasons Why

4. Dimestore Camera

5. Bedtime Stories

6. Find Out

7. Self Abuse

Remember Me As A Silhouette (2007)

1. Down The Street

2. Bedtime Stories

3. Abbreviated Smile

4. Find Out

Queer Salutations (2007)

1. Queer Salutations

2. Awkward Type Of Girl

3. Sleeper Hold

4. Reasons Why

5. Excursion Into Philosophy

6. Write Back Soon

7. Crowd Aggravation

8. Self Abuse

9. Prose

10. Total Babe

11. Tryna Decide

Speaking In Tongues (2009)

1. Speaking In Tongues

2. Crucial Talk

Foreign Lands (2009)

1. Reservoir Feeling

2. Tilting at Windmills

3. Exile In La Mancha

4. Foreign Lands

5. Crossing The Desert As A Stream

6. Speaking In Tongues

7. Prison Sermons

8. Half Eaten Cake

9. Art School Anarchist

10. Calm Me Down

11. Skinny Girls

12. Animal Sounds

Denton After Sunset (2011)

1. Denton After Sunset

2. Kachina Doll

3. Landlocked State

4. No Fragments Reach

5. Zealous Convert

6. Thousands

7. Volvo To A Kiss

8. Beg To Differ

9. Beyond The Grasp of Guilt 

Veronica Lake

FFO: Shoegaze, Lo-fi

Veronica Lake was a pop band formed in 1990 in Ann Arbor Michigan. The band consisted of Tim Sendra as well as Christopher Chip Porter and R. Scott Kelley previously of down MF. Veronica Lake released "The Man Who Was Not With It E.P" in 1990 on Bus Stop and two 7"s- "When You Smile/Insecure Baby" in 1992 on spinART and "Threnody/In the Clouds" in 1993 on Audrey's Diary. They appeared on several twee and indie comps including Simple Machine's "Working Holiday!: May" 7". An insert for their first 7" describes them as, "dedicated to flexidiscs, exclamation marks, and hopelessly derivative, instantly forgettable songs".

-Taken from Last.Fm

As said above most of these songs were taken from 7" records on labels that are now very much defunct (RIP) but their music will live on; That being said these recordings are low quality with pops crackles and all included. I wouldn't want it any other way.

An interesting thing I found when going through these files was their split with Crayon that was released on Cher Doll Records which has a slight connection to another band featured on this site which was Gaze. Gaze's "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) EP covers Crayon's song "Pedal", don't you love making connections?

I'm including the songs from all splits/ singles and EP released from 1992-1993, each of these releases had their release name and album art but for neatness I found a generic album art and id3 tagged that so they all share they same art as well as album name.

as of the time post (8/21/19) Veronica Lake had reunited once in 2015 playing PopFest in NYC, with their reunion came a compilation CDr that was titled "Ballad Of The Band" and features three songs not heard on any previous releases, this was being sold directly through the band in person so I feel it isn't right to share something currently being sold, especially by a band without a label. Veronica Lake makes infrequent posts on Facebook so they might be active once again but I wouldn't put money on it.

Favorite Track : This Is My World (You Can Have It), From the get go this song is interesting as it starts with an excerpt from a Steve Martin SNL skit so bonus points there, when the song starts it's what you'd expect from a 90's shoegaze band, soft voices and guitar with fuzzy guitar effects and somber whistling to follow, good song to sit in your dark room under the covers and think of better times to.

Veronica Lake (1992 - 1993)

1. Daisy Kiss

2. Emma Maybe

3. In The Clouds

4. Insecure Baby

5. Saints Above

6. See Me When You Are 16

7. Sleepyhouse

10. This Is My World (You Can Have It)

11. Threnody

12. When You Smile