“Teenage” by Veronica Falls is a perfect indie-pop tune. Actually, it’s just a perfect song, full-stop. It’s a gem, a peach, a 10/10. It came on my iPod on shuffle today and I couldn’t help but listen to it five times in a row. Like Big Star’s “Thirteen” or The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Do You Believe In Magic”, it so eloquently captures and recreates the butterflies-in-the-tummy, “possibilities are endless!”-ness of love’s young dream.
There are many highlights on the second Veronica Falls album, Waiting For Something To Happen ("Buried Alive", "My Heart Beats", the title track), but "Teenage" is The One for me. The fuzzy rush of the guitars and lines like “driving late of night, I let you listen to the music you like…then I drop you home” are so evocative as to leave you feeling nostalgic for adolescent experiences you maybe never even had.
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