Any great band evolves. And even though TEEN have released some excellent and acclaimed music in their first few years of existence, they knew they were still discovering their voice — in more than one sense of the word.
TEEN just might have found it on their brilliant second album, The Way and Color, one reason why it's such a stunning creative breakthrough. Singer-multi-instrumentalist Teeny Lieberson's voice is starkly highlighted, but the whole album is a conversation between Katherine Lieberson's crafty, minimalist drumming, Boshra AlSaadi's lithe, sinuous bass lines, and Lizzie Lieberson's irresistible synth hooks. The music is filled with overlapping countermelodies of vocals and synth lines; even Katherine's drums are hooky, so that the songs become ingenious interlocking sonic mantras.