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[NEW WAVE] Look at a promo photo of the Toronto punk band Teenager and it looks like they’re doing some nihilistic impression of the cast of Friends except they all look like they’ve been smoking too much weed, and that if it came down to it, they wouldn’t really be there for you. It does, however, look like it hasn’t been their day, their week, their month, or even their year, at least judging by their profoundly indifferent, vacant facial expressions. Maybe it was their year, though, as their latest record, Teenager, which was released in July of 2017, caught the attention of the Toronto music scene and beyond. And as good as the Friends theme song is, the music of Teenager is better; jangly, punky new wave music made for blaring while you’re in the car with the windows down, or for smoking cigarettes to even though you don’t smoke cigarettes but you do anyways so you can take a longer break at work. Listen to their latest self-titled record, then go see Teenager at Mohawk Place on Saturday, May 5. Support comes from Hot Tip and Saturn V.