Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The 1980 Listening Post - Teaze - Body Shots

Teaze - Body Shots 



1980 Housekeeping LISTENING POST DISCOVERY

Teaze

Body Shots

Genre: Hard Rock

4.5 out of 5 (ymmv)





Highlights:

That Kind of Girl

What Happened

Too Bad

Calling All Nurses

Boys Night out

Don’t Talk





The percussive assault right off the bat perked my ears up. Who is this? Oh…Canadian Rock. 

The lead singer sounds a lot like Paul Stanley and I sort of dig that Uber-male preening sound. (See: Dick Valentine and Electric Six or Station)

I can’t tell if this band is too late for the KISS party or too early for the hair metal of the 80s. They ride that blade. And they ride it well. “Too Bad” is a fine attempt at Cheap Trick style rock but they add Saxophones!

“Calling All Nurses” is bonkers, thematically and a rollicking roller in practice. Who the Hell are these guys?



If that kind of bombast-meets-rock & glam is your jam you could do a lot worse than Teaze, a band I had not heard of until 30 minutes ago.


I loved this the same way I loved the first Kick-Axe album.




https://music.apple.com/us/album/body-shots/294091555


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