TEENXIS is the Sixteenth album by Danger Painters and crazy as it sounds; it’s our 3rd album of 2020. Danger Painters began in 2008 as the project of Michael Barron and Bob Boilen, founding members of the D.C. band Tiny Desk Unit www.bobboilen.info/tinydeskunit from the late 1970s. For years starting in 2008, we’d create a new album every February, part of the RPM Challenge, to make an album in a month. This year there was not only the annual February challenge but an April challenge to accommodate all the musicians likely off the road and at home.
We made Ex Ivy in February, THANK SPEAK LOVE THIS RECORD in April, and we couldn’t stop. So the current Danger Painter lineup of Michael Barron, Bob Boilen, KD Lay, and Bill Harvey created TEENXIS over the next four months (quite a luxury to have more time.) It’s a somewhat more solemn affair, still steeped in swirling sound and lyrical storytelling. I think it’s our best work to date. - Bob Boilen
released August 24, 2020
Kevin Lay, Vocals, Lyrics
Michael Barron, Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics*
Bob Boilen, Synth, Guitar, Mountain Dulcimer, Drums, Bass°, Atmo and Mischief
Bill Harvey, Bass
Caleb Davison, Cello on “Taste of Water”
Produced and Mixed by Bob Boilen
Cover Design and Artwork by Michael Barron
Liner Photos by Bob Boilen