{"id":18593,"date":"2023-04-04T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=18593"},"modified":"2023-04-02T20:37:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T18:37:36","slug":"gimme-5-tom-brown-teenage-tom-petties-takes-us-back-to-his-teenage-years-with-his-new-single-and-picks-5-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/gimme-5-tom-brown-teenage-tom-petties-takes-us-back-to-his-teenage-years-with-his-new-single-and-picks-5-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme 5! Tom Brown (Teenage Tom Petties) Takes Us Back To His Teenage Years With His New Single And Picks 5 Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWith\u00a0\u2018Gimme 5!\u2019<\/a>\u00a0we take a peek into the collections of artists we admire. The premise is simple: artists WE like share five records THEY love.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tom Brown has many talents. He knows chords, has a knack for great band names (Rural France<\/a>, Teenage Tom Petties), knows how and when to press record on what I assume to be a primitive recording device, he is funny, and has a black belt in working a green screen<\/a>. Teenage Tom Petties (TTP) is Brown’s semi-autobiographical solo project where he ruminates and reflects on his teenage years and tastes. In Brown’s case, those years were in the ’90s. Remember singing along to ’90s guitar music in the front of your mirror pretending to become a rock star? That is exactly what TTP is all about. Add in a healthy dose of melancholia and self deprecation and you start to get what makes TTP such a likeable act. The throwaway spontaneity of his lo-fi indie rock gems helps as well. This is perhaps Brown’s biggest talent: turning imperfections into something valuable and worthwhile. [post continues below]<\/em><\/p>\n

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This week, TTP released a new two track single on Repeating Cloud and Safe Suburban Home. It builds on the hype<\/a> that last year’s excellent self-titled debut garnered. First song on the new single is Posters<\/em>, a super catchy song that is about the posters teenagers hung on their wall in the ’90s. For those in their forties, the video will be a feast of recognition. Second song is My First Beer<\/em>, a super catchy song that is about, well, the title is self-explanatory. Both songs are scrappy, instantly likeable, and highly recommended. Did I mention both songs are catchy?<\/p>\n

Our excitement about the new TTP single, and with the news that TTP will record a new full length this June inspired us to breathe new life in our infrequent Gimme 5 feature by reaching out to Tom who was kind enough to take us back to some of his favorite records of his teenage years. Enjoy checking out the new TTP tracks below and scroll further down to read Tom’s Gimme 5!<\/p>\n