There are many modes to Boys Age, yet the one the duo display on new “digital 7′” Purple Sparkle might be one of the best. They release a lot of music…and it can be tough to keep up and sort through the less-worthy ideas…yet on these four songs, they operate in a wonderful summer slacker…
The Boys Age aren’t exactly a down-the-middle outfit to begin with – the duo’s take on rock is always pretty jagged, even when they try to be straight laced (thank the lead vocals, which often sound like they are being recorded through a wall of water). So when they get intentionally knotty, well, watch out….
Boys Age are a duo who force you to not make snap judgements. The first few seconds of “I Wish For God’s Sake’…like the first few second of a lot of the songs they’ve released…challenge thanks to the lead vocals. They are far from polished, sounding like a Muppet gurgling water. But give it a…
I’ve been pretty resistant to The Boys Age for 2013. This indie-pop duo have been releasing a near continuous stream of music into the digital wild, and has nabbed some nice label relations with, like, Burger Records. Something never clicked between me and their music though – most immediately, the vocals always sounded way too…