Teenage Hearts

Teenage Hearts Quality Time EP

Sounding like if TUXEDO CATS hailed from France instead of Brooklyn, this EP is four tracks of snotty tunes of the highest order. Starting off with the power punk standout “Quality Time,” the listeners are then reminded that this is indeed Nantes and not New York, as the next couple tracks up the French Oi! energy with the absolutely rattling bass line of “Always Broke,” the gruffer “Gotta Get Rid of You,” and “T’es Sans Espoir” in their native tongue. These tracks are quick and without frills, and they leave you wanting to start from the top as soon as the last guitar rings out.

• Reviewer D. Gregory
• Label Joe Pogo / Primator Crew / Tough Ain't Enough
• Issue MRR #509 • October 2025

Teenage Hearts Didn’t Get Invited LP

First things first, I think the name of this LP is genius. Musically, this record bounces around between traditional, melodic punk and Oi! In the end, I think I’d call it “street punk,” which is somehow different from Oi! to me. It’s mid-tempo and steady and pretty catchy. I like it. If not mind-blowing, I’d say this is very solid.

• Reviewer Kenny Kaos
• Label Insurgence / Primator Crew / Tough Ain't Enough
• Issue MRR #488 • January 2024

Teenage Hearts Want More! LP

Oi! from France. Oui? There’s some kind of wordplay to be worked out here. Regardless, this Nantes-based crew fully brings it with seven tracks of rough-and-tumble working class rumblers. This feels cozy alongside contemporaries from across the channel CHUBBY & THE GANG and the CHISEL, hitting the same sweet spot of bluesy stomp with beer hall shout-along anthems that are properly pissed-off and world-weary. The guitars cut really nicely here, just the right amount of sharpness on the ear. The vocals have that rock-gargling quality to them as well, exactly what you’re looking for in proper fookin’ Oi! If you’ll pardon my incorrect French: this is très bonne merde, indeed.

• Reviewer Luke Henley
• Label Primator Crew / Tough Ain't Enough
• Issue MRR #466 • March 2022