Tweens release new track ‘Be Mean’
Despite only forming in 2012, Tweens, born in Cincinnati, US, have a fast-expanding fan base that shows little sign of slowing down.
One of their fans, Breeders’ Kim Deal, offered the trash-pop trio their big break, inviting Tweens to open their US tour on Shake It Records owner Jim Blaze’s recommendation.
Despite the established friends, Tweens are very much their own band: bratty and precocious but sincere and genuine.
The band’s name conjures just the right image: screaming hordes afflicted with Beatlemania, teenyboppers out for a good time, the underage, over-the-top punks in Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains.
Think of cheery kids at their most excited, but juxtaposed with lyrics about bad boyfriends and unrelenting independence. Tweens are not a riot grrrl revisionist band, but they are a ferociously honest one.
Today’s track of the day ‘Be Mean’ is the first single to be revealed by the band who are set to release their self-titled album on April 7th via Frenchkiss Records.
Check out the track below.
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