The Teenage Prayers

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“What forges the sound of the Teenage Prayers runs deeper than mere genre. It’s blood.” – Solomon Burke, the King of Rock and Soul The Teenage Prayers aren’t just a band. They’re an actual family. They call themselves a soul band, but no amount of soul can better explain how the Teenage Prayers bridge the gap between Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Bowie and the Band. Some by birth, others by marriage, the Teenage Prayers are all related, and as is true for so many family bands, the proof is in the harmonies. After spending a good three years cutting their teeth on New York City’s fabled indie-rock circuit, releasing in the process a couple of self-produced singles, the Teenage Prayers scraped together the money to hire out a studio and record ten songs on 2” analog tape, just like their heroes had before them. Soon, one of those heroes intervened. “We first met (Grammy-award winner and Atlantic Records soul legend) Solomon Burke in the summer of ‘02”, said lead singer Tim Prayer, “and afterwards had covered one of his tunes and recorded it live to send him, just as a means of saying ‘thank you’ for a good time.” “He loved it, and in January of 2003 he flew us out to Los Angeles to record it with him.” The resultant work, an effervescent rendition of Burke’s classic “Goodbye Baby”, stands out for its youthful exuberance and the band’s obvious excitement at being under the tutelage of such a legendary musical force. But that wasn’t all the Teenage Prayers got done that day. Also recorded were two Hammond B-3 tracks, performed by Burke’s longtime organist Rudy Copeland onto not one but two Prayer originals, “Brown Bottle” and “Banner Muse”. Burke sent them back to New York City with his blessings and work continued on what would become their debut release, “TEN SONGS”. Final touches on the recording were laid down in the late summer of 2004, and the record was mixed by guitar legend Ed Mottau (John Lennon band). In the meantime, the Teenage Prayers have been leaving audiences gasping for more all over the Northeast with their burn-down-the-house live shows, sharing bills with, among others, Dream Syndicate founder Steve Wynn, the Candybutchers’ Mike Viola, and Wheat.

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Nov 22, 02:43 AM

Please come to Marseille, B8, France!
Jan 23 2008, 07:04 PM

How great is this write up by Bruce Warren at WXPN?? Wowo http://somevelvetblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/teenage-prayers.html
Jan 11 2008, 12:23 PM

Cannot wait for the new album. Keep up the amazing work, guys!
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Dec 26 2007, 08:33 AM

hope your holidays have been treating you well. we're pretty excited for 2008 to start here at prayer hq. first off, we have a new record coming out! it's called "everyone thinks you're the best" and it was produced by Steve Wynn - we're very proud of it. the street date is march 4th of 08, but we are offering it for presale NOW on our new website. http://www.teenageprayers.com speaking of new, yes, we revamped the website and will continue to tweak that. also, for all the new york... More...
Jul 19 2007, 02:37 PM

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