TeamAWESOME!
We children of the ‘90s are bent, it seems, on reifying that decade as quickly as possible: recreating its music, commodifying its slang. Boulder, Colorado’s TeamAwesome (not even close to being the only TeamAwesome, by the way) is guilty of swiping the ‘90s’ most popular adjective, but their music is pure, sloppy, fun ‘00s bedroom pop. “I’m just saying we probably have some pretty good fort-building skills between you and I,” from “Fort,” is not an atypical lyric. Cue the gang vocals, cutesy, almost juvenile melodies, and lonely Rhodes pianos, and you’ve pretty much got the awesomest team ever. JOEL HARTSE
