Hello All

I have said this before but this time it's real. We will be releasing our new record at the begining of 2010! Sounds far off? It is. It took us a while to figure out what to do with all the material we have recorded the last 2 years. 2 years? Who the fuck do these guys think they are? We're nobody. But, we will have an album from our Cedar Rapids/Iowa City/Marion/Ames/Ian Williams session soon! It has a neat weird little vibe, really 60's-ish songs with harmonies and tambourine. We have the whole thing recorded! Just needs to be mixed and it's on!! It will also be available on Vinyl!! Dead Serious! That will be followed by our epic Huge Pop record we have been working in Cedar Falls for the last 4 months. We have 9 songs done right now but that one will be a little later in the year. Anyway, if you are waiting for new material from us, i ask you to please keep the faith!! Soon My friends. More Info coming!!! I promise!!!


Take Care
Joel
Dylan
Graham
Denzel/Devin
Harper

Hello All

Just wanted to write an update to anyone who is waiting for new music from us. We have been in the studio off and on (NO $) for the last year. So far we have compiled some 20+ tracks, some good, some awful & some gold. We have also been jamming on some new tunes that we plan on laying down this month then we will be shifting through the songs to hit you with some epic shit. These are easily the best songs any of us have worked on/written and i can't wait for YOU to hear them. We are doing a couple shows in Des Moines on Jan. 4th. Where you can hear some of these new ones if you like. The First is Sun. Jan. 4th at The Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines (212 4th St.) should be an early show. Then we will be Live on Capital 106.3 Des Moines Radio at 10pm SHARP on The Capital Backyard Show! You can listen Live on 106.
3 or Listen at (http://www. capital1063. com/cc-common/mainheadlines2. html?feed=132344&article=2928217)
There will DEFINITLY be new songs played on this show. Please feel free to Contact us anytime with anything via myspace or e-mail (teddyboysmusic@yahoo.com)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL
and we look forward to hearing from/seeing you!


CHEERS
Joel Sires
Harper Sires
Dylan Sires
Graham Howland
Devin Ferguson

INSOMNIA RADIO HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT

THE TEDDY BOYS:

Teddy Boys: Baby You're the Best

Out of Cedar Falls, Iowa, the Teddy Boys have managed to revive the sounds of 60's Britain in the Corn Belt, the soil apparently UK friendly last year, with another crop of songs promised to be germinating in the sonic fields this year.

"Baby You're the Best" is from the Teddy Boys debut LP "Love After Dark", planted, harvested, and then released in late 2007 on the Tyros label. The group is currently at work on their 2nd LP and have been touring much of July, running the gang gauntlet via tourvan in the late of night in Omaha, unsuccessfully dodging drive-by pellet gun attacks, and engaging in drunken sharpie shenanigans and light-hearted 4am yard pranks.

For some oddball reason, I'm envisioning their tour as a Mentos-like video for Insomniacs, where everything is ultra-cheerful in the end as the sun comes up. Join the lovefest and head over to SnoCap where all songs on "Love After Dark" can be purchased additive free. [cs]

 

Here's the Link: http://insomniaradio.net/2008/08/03/teddy-boys-baby-youre-the-best/

 

QuickBeforeItMelts.com called The Teddy Boys

"Fresh young garage rock."

http://qbim.blogspot.com/search/label/Teddy%20Boys

Check out our tunes on Indieheart.com They classified us as Folk Pop!

http://indieheart.com/bands/212/

 

You can also hear us at The Hype Machine too

http://hypem.com/track/599495/The+Teddy+Boys-Baby+You're+The+Best

 

Missionfreak.com had this to say about Love After Dark:

The Teddy Boys a/k/a The Sires Brothers plus 3, formed in Cedar Falls four years ago around a common love of British Invasion (Beatles, Kinks) and early Garage Pop (Big Star).  The band melded the two nicely on their 2007 full-length debut, Love After Dark, which is brimming over with euporic, sloppy harmonies, hoots, hand-claps, and general enthusiasm. In other words, consider your icy cold heart meltedThe Teddy Boys a/k/a The Sires Brothers plus 3, formed in Cedar Falls four years ago around a common love of British Invasion (Beatles, Kinks) and early Garage Pop (Big Star).  The band melded the two nicely on their 2007 full-length debut, Love After Dark, which is brimming over with euporic, sloppy harmonies, hoots, hand-claps, and general enthusiasm. In other words, consider your icy cold heart melted

 

More to Come! Thanks For Listening.

 

 

Hello Everyone

Tour is going well. we almost got into a gang fighht in omaha. like 8 or 9 dudes circled our van when dylan and i where sleeping, they started pounding on the windows and punching at them trying to reach into the windows, so i just popped up, closed the windows on their fucking fingers hopped in the drivers seat, reversed and took off they where throwing shit at us and stuff, i guess they had knives and are in a gang in omaha. we where gonna stay at Outlaw Con Bandana's home there in Omaha, they are great, check them out. so anyways, we took off from omaha drunk, raging and terrified so we stayed at a truck stop, sam eat at cracker bee's in the truckstop. then went to lawerence, kansas which was cool, got drive by shot with a pellet gun (i took one to the kidney) we wasted alot of time in that town, played a good set at the Replay Lounge, Chuck (bassist with Sam's band) got absolutely wasted and was funny as hell, he fell off the stage and let me draw chest hair on his body with a marker while he played blues trumpet then we stayed with Seth the soundman, went to a great record store called the Love Garden, Devin and i stole a hat from someone's yard piss drunk at about 4 am. next days show got cancelled in oklahoma so we stayed an extra night in lawerence, busked on the street corners for change while an old married couple waltzed to the music. then saw some guy jerk his wank onto a passed out homeless blind guy while his friends took pictures, woke up, sam puked then we where in Oklahoma City, crusied into town had a sandwich, played at an old speak easy from the prohibition era called Hi Lo Club, we played an brilliant set, i think. took off, slept in the van at a truck stop and now we are waiting to play tonight at he soundpony in tulsa, oklahoma. more news to come.......



joel

The Music Web Site Cokemachineglow.com wrote a glowing review of The Teddy Boys single "Baby You're The Best" from their 2007 debut album "Love After Dark".

 

here's the link:

http://www.cokemachineglow.com/track_review/3607/the-teddy-boys

 

OR THE REVIEW:

 

The Teddy Boys :: "Baby You're The Best" (NBH)
From Love After Dark (The Tyros Label; 2007)

 

It's surprising how little separates a mediocre pop song from one that soundtracks your next eighteen subway rides. "Baby You're The Best" comes on like an also-ran: it limps in on some bright arpeggios and a Built To Spill b-side verse. The verse eases into a prelude of deftly paired guitars and keys before it opens up in the chorus—opens up the way shit used to in the '90s. Not in the add-ten-decibels sense, but the hook gets wider, drums more convincing, the new wave-via-Vampire Weekend guitars more pressing. Add horns and back-up "ooo"s and you're looking at the same unadulterated joy that underruns summer anthems from the British Invasion to late '70s power pop and contemporary twee.

In the glare of the chorus everything else gets more dramatic. The verses are tense with muted urgency and the pre-chorus clamours for its destination without rushing there. With hooks like this and horns in the budget a lesser ear would drum the chorus into us three or four times before a repeat-to-fade ending. The Teddy Boys only give us the chorus twice, leaving plenty of room for an intro, outro, and solo all flexed with expectation.

What's it about? Who knows…but with so much right on the sonic side, who cares? It's a celebration of "a thousand daytime dreams"—some things have gone wrong with the lovers, but there is still possibility. The boy wants to do better by the girl. I can barely parse the lyrics, but I'll be damned if this song doesn't want me to grab my girlfriend and tell her, "baby, you're the best!" I clench my teeth in the wind of the world and hold—for all my cynicism, pop music still makes me believe in love.

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your mix tapes.

 

 

 

 

http://www.scentedvinyl.com/Sessions/TeddyBoys.html

 

Hello Everyone

 

We where lucky enough to be asked to be apart of The Scented Vinyl Show from the Mars Cafe in Des Moines on April 7th. It was very fun, by following the link above you can get the interview plus the 2 brand new songs we recorded for the show. Let us know what you think and Please Enjoy.

 

Cheers

*Review By: Gregory Meister*

 

"I first heard this band a couple of years back when my band played a show with them.  I was immediatly into their sound, it was very 60's with a dash of NYC Strokes modernism.  The drummer of my band had a studio, so I suggested he get the guys to come in and lay down some tracks.  This led to me getting to know this band on a bit more personal level.  Our two groups began playing together frequently.  It seemed like each time I saw them they would have one or two new songs in their set list, something that I could not quite fathom (as I have a tendency to second guess any song I write, leading to a lack of new material at shows).  I was some what jealous, as these guys seemed to be advancing as songwriters at an incredible rate.  Each time I saw them they seemed tighter, cooler, sexier, more complex and more original.  They started to add more vocal harmonies, different members began singing lead.  They became one of the best bands I'd ever heard/seen... and I don't mean locally.  These guys have the potential to take over the world with these songs.

Plenty of groups exist in the musical landscape these days that play in the style of sixties "garage" rock, but none feel so genuine or unique as the Teddy Boys.  Other groups feel like they are trying to recreate sixties rock, where as the T-Boys feel like they are picking up where other artists from that era left off.  These guys are the real deal.

"Love After Dark" is the Teddy Boys first official release.  They had a few CD-R demo discs that were floating around the Iowa music scene, but this is the first true release.  No band makes a debut as fab as this.  The album is insanely diverse, and abnormally catchy.  Each member has a very distinct voice, which helps.  Harper Sires voice is a bizarre cross between Frank Black and the Violent Femme's Gordon Gano.  Joel Sires voice sounds like a softer, more innocent version of Wilco mastermind Jeff Tweedy.  Dylan Sires sounds downright sexy and smooth.  Devin Ferguson sounds like some strange hybrid of all the Beatles.  You put these all together making harmonies (along with drummer Ross Klemz) and you have something gorgeous.

My personal favorite tracks of this album are "Like Dreamers Do," "Love After Dark," "Not There," "Poison Valentine," "Bad, Bad Things," and "Feathers."  Hmm... I chose nearly half the album as favorite tracks.  I guess you could say this is an indicator of how great this debut is.  If you are a fan of the Beatles, the Strokes, Pavement or the Violent Femmes, you must check out this album.  It won't leave your player for weeks."

 

 

Thank You for the Review Greg. It is Lovely.

 

 

Greg Meister is the Guitarist/Vocalist/Songwriter of the Kansas City Based band:

THE WHEELERS

Hello All,

 

Our debut L.P. is now availble through our myspace, at Mohair Pear on College St. or Bob's Guitars on University both in Cedar Falls or at one of our shows. It is a pretty good record. 10$ 15 Tracks. We are also 8 tracks deep into our second L.P. but don't tell anyone because it might take 3 more years to get that one out! Just Kidding, that will be out in 2008, and you can take that to the bank.

 

 

Cheers

Harper, Joel, Dylan, Devin & Ross

 

 

Thank You: Dana. Chris Brown. & Everyone that helped us!!

Hello All

We are making huge progress on the record, it is called "Love After Dark, by: The Teddy Boys" it is all done besides packaging and pressing, which will likely be done by mid August. We are excited for everyone to hear it and we will keep you informed as the date draws near. Thanks to Everyone for being patient with us!

Cheers

Teddy Boys

 

LOVE AFTER DARK TRACKLISTING:

1. Opening Theme                         :20

2. Dead On Your Feet                3:12

3. We Will Chase Love Down    3:10

4. Like Dreamers Do                  2:37

5. Baby You're The Best          3:38

6. Sinking Ships                        2:56

7. Love After Dark                    1:09

8. Real Love Diplomat               2:17

9. Poison Valentine                   2:48

10. Bright Lights                        2:40

11. Bad, Bad Things                  1:34

12. Streetwise                           3:02

13. Feathers                              2:48

14. Curtains/Closing Theme       3:23

 

These New Tunes are just a sample of what our album will consist of. Please Leave Your Thoughts and Comments!

 

Baby You're The Best

Written by: Joel Sires/Harper Sires

Vox: Joel with Dylan

Guitars: Harper and Joel

Piano: Joel

Sax: Chris Brown 

Bass: Devin

Drums: Ross

Like Dreamers Do

written by: Joel Sires and Graham Howland

VOX: Devin with Joel and Graham on Chorus

Guitar: Joel

Stand Up Bass: Devin

Piano: Graham and Chris Brown

Sax: Chris Brown

Drums: Graham Howland with Joel on Tambourine

Claps: Harper, Devin, Joel, Graham and Chris Brown

We Will Chase Love Down

Written by: Harper Sires and Joel Sires

VOX: Harper

Guitars: Harper and Joel

Bass: Devin

Drums: Ross

Late Nights

written by Dylan Sires

Vox: Dylan

Guitars: Dylan and Dan Eivins

Organ: Dylan

Bass: Dan Eivins

Drums: Dylan

Sonic Manipulation: Harper

Wood Blocks: Devin

Claps: Ross, Tanner Sires