Teen Mortgage @ Pie Shop [DC] - 08/13/2021
Teen Mortgage’s James Guile (Photo ©2021 Mauricio Castro)
In the time since Teen Mortgage’s last pre-pandemic shows, the duo of drummer Ed Barakauskas and guitarist and vocalist James Guile kept their heads down recording new music, releasing “Such is Life” in January, and winning Best Punk Artist/Group and Best Punk Song (for “Falling Down”) at the 2020 Wammies, an award ceremony for DC-area musicians. On the day of their packed Pie Shop show, they also announced the upcoming release of their fall EP, Smoked, and released the lead single of the same name online. The duo played their entire new EP for a fired-up crowd who headbanged and moshed along to Barakauskas’s relentless tom-heavy attacks and Guile’s furious vocals. A cathartic release for a crowd that has been waiting a long time to see the duo perform again.
Opening for Teen Mortgage were psych-rock trio Sun Voyager and lo-fi electronic duo Swoll, the project of DC-area musical mainstay Matt Dowling.
