Growing Up (The Linda Lindas album)

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Growing Up
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Studio album by
the Linda Lindas
ReleasedApril 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)
RecordedJune 11 – October 25, 2021
StudioMusic Friends, Los Angeles
Genre
Length25:35
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Japanese (bonus edition)
Label Epitaph
Producer Carlos de la Garza
The Linda Lindas chronology
The Linda Lindas EP
(2020)		Growing Up
(2022)
Singles from Growing Up
  1. "Oh!"
    Released: July 21, 2021
  2. "Nino"
    Released: December 1, 2021
  3. "Growing Up"
    Released: February 1, 2022
  4. "Talking to Myself"
    Released: March 2, 2022

Growing Up is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Linda Lindas, released on April 8, 2022, by Epitaph Records. It was produced by Carlos de la Garza, the father of band members Lucia and Mila de la Garza. Recording sessions for Growing Up took place at Music Friends in Los Angeles, California, from June to October 2021. [1]

Contents

Growing Up received generally favorable reviews from critics, also appearing on multiple year-end lists in 2022. Four singles were released from the album: "Oh!", "Nino", "Growing Up", and "Talking to Myself".

Background

Carlos de la Garza, the album's producer. Carlos de la Garza.jpg
Carlos de la Garza, the album's producer.
This section is an excerpt from The Linda Lindas § 2018–2020: Formation and EPs.[ edit ]

In January 2018, Eloise Wong's father Martin Wong was contacted by an acquaintance, asking if she would be interested in playing alongside Kristin Kontrol and a bunch of "inexperienced kids" for a performance at a music festival called Girlschool LA, [2] after seeing pictures and videos of her singing at Save Music in Chinatown. Martin then suggested Lucia and Mila de la Garza, daughters of his sister Angelyn Wong and brother-in-law Carlos de la Garza, since the three of them often sang, danced and performed together since they were toddlers; Carlos, who owned a backyard studio, took up the position of a second coach. After Kontrol recruited more children through social media and the first round of rehearsals were held, Angelyn and Martin's wife Wendy Lau reached out to the girls' family friend Bela Salazar, who was taking guitar lessons, to join in, thinking that they needed someone who could play an instrument. [3] Originally, it was intended to be a one-off project, but a few months later, Salazar was invited to open a show for Frieda's Roses, and engaged Eloise, Lucia and Mila to be her backing band. [4]

Feeling that the band needed a name, Martin, who had bought a DVD of 2005 Japanese film Linda Linda Linda , [5] (in turn named after the Blue Hearts song "Linda Linda" [6] ), suggested The Linda Lindas, feeling that it "sounded like a band from the '50s but could also refer to the Japanese punk song or art movie, or simply mean 'really pretty' in Spanish", to which the girls agreed. [4] By fall, they were playing Save Music in Chinatown matinee gigs alongside artists such as Phranc, the Dils, the Gears, and the Alley Cats, and other shows with bands such as Best Coast, Alice Bag, and Bleached.

After Amy Poehler watched the Linda Lindas open for Bikini Kill on April 26, 2019, at the Hollywood Palladium, she had them record songs for her film Moxie . [7] In 2020, the Linda Lindas wrote a song for Netflix documentary The Claudia Kishi Club , titled "Claudia Kishi", after the Japanese-American character in Ann M. Martin's novel series The Baby-Sitters Club . [8] [9]
In May 2021, the Los Angeles Public Library posted a video of the band playing "Racist, Sexist Boy" at a "TEENtastic Tuesdays" event. [8] The song was about an experience Mila, the band's drummer, had when a schoolmate made a racist comment before the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] The video became a viral social media hit, earning praise from Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Red Hot Chili Peppers's Flea, [8] Thurston Moore, [11] Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna, [10] Kid Cudi, [12] and author Viet Thanh Nguyen, who said, "'Racist, Sexist Boy' is the song we need now". [10] On May 22, 2021, Epitaph Records announced that it had signed the Linda Lindas. [13] [14] It was later clarified that Epitaph had been working on a deal with the Linda Lindas before the video went viral. [15]

Composition

Lyrics

Growing Up consists of 10 standard songs and a cover of the Blue Hearts' Japanese-language song "Linda Linda" on the bonus edition. The Linda Lindas split songwriting duties, with each member contributing to the writing.

The album is centered on themes of growing up, discovering oneself, [16] and anxieties that arise in adolescence. [17] The first song, "Oh!" is about feeling unheard. [18] Rolling Stone editor Lisa Tozzi says the title track "celebrates the intense friendships [...] and simple pleasures of youth, but also nods to the very normal desire to speed through the scary and awkward parts of adolescence" [18] The song "Talking to Myself" has been described as an "anxiety spiral", [17] however, the lyrics still have hope. [16] The song "Nino" was written about Bela Salazar's cat. She had previously written a song about her cat, Monica, which appeared in the Linda Lindas' eponymous EP (2020). [19] Feeling that Nino "wouldn't leave her alone until he got a song too", [20] Salazar wrote the song "Nino" for him. [21] The Spanish-language "Cuántas Veces", while centered around feeling left out, also has a theme of acceptance. [16] The anti-racist song "Racist, Sexist Boy" was written about an encounter Mila de la Garza had with a boy at school. [22]

Music

The album's genre has been classified as punk rock, [lower-alpha 1] pop-punk, [17] and power pop. [24] Critics have compared the album's sound to riot grrrl, such as The Skinny editor Tony Inglis who says that it "channel[s] riot grrrl fury and the kind of catchy garage pop melodies the Pixies haven't written since the 90s". [26] "Racist, Sexist Boy" has commonly been compared to riot grrrl sound and ideals. [lower-alpha 2] The opening track, "Oh!" has been compared musically to the soundtrack of Josie and the Pussycats. [17]

Packaging

The Linda Lindas (L-R): Lucia de la Garza, Mila de la Garza, Eloise Wong, Bela Salazar The Linda Lindas - Rock am Ring 2022-6033 (cropped).jpg
The Linda Lindas (L-R): Lucia de la Garza, Mila de la Garza, Eloise Wong, Bela Salazar

The cover artwork, photographed by Zen Sekizawa, features paper dolls designed by Eloise Wong, the band's bassist. Wong cut the dolls freehand, intending for them to appear like the band members as cats. [31] Sekizawa later "spent hours" creating the lighting for the cover. [32]

Cutouts resembling those on the album cover are included as an insert for the vinyl pressings of the album. [32]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.8 [33]
Metacritic 80/100 [34]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [35]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [36]
Exclaim! 8/10 [25]
Kerrang! 4/5 [23]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [37]
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [38]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [17]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [39]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [26]
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5 [40]

Growing Up has received generally favorable reviews. According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Growing Up received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 10 critic scores. [34] Jake Richardson at Kerrang! calls Growing Up "a thoroughly enjoyable debut album that promises much more is yet to come." [23] The Skinny editor Tony Inglis calls it "a light-of-foot album of fun riffs and effectively simple ideas." [26] Critic Robert Christgau gave the album a one-star honorable mention ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ), describing the album as "eleven-and-over Hispanic-Asian girlpunk foursome get down to bizness[ sic ]" and citing "Racist, Sexist Boy", "Fine", and "Nino" as highlights. [39] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic calls the album a "ridiculously catchy burst of wide-eyed, youthful anthems". [35] DIY editor Ben Tipple comments, "with debut full-length 'Growing Up' they easily cement themselves as far more than a viral moment, pairing political and social charge with a suitably playful charm." [36]

Year-end lists

Growing Up appeared on multiple lists in 2022. Good Morning America ranked Growing Up as number 38 on their list, "50 best albums of 2022." [41] Kerrang! rated it number 48 on a similar list, [42] while No Ripcord rated it as number 34. [43] Lisa Tozzi of Rolling Stone ranked it number 7 in "Best Music of 2022", [44] and Samantha B of Punknews.org ranked it number 7 on her "Top 10 LP's of 2022". [45] Growing Up also appeared on Loudwire 's "Best Rock + Metal Debut Albums of 2022" list. [46]

Rankings for Growing Up
PublicationCountryAccoladeRank
Alternative Press USThe 55 best albums of 2022 [47] *
Billboard USThe 50 best albums of 2022 so far [48] *
Good Morning America US50 best albums of 2022 [41] 38
Kerrang! UKThe 50 best albums of 2022 [42] 48
Loudwire USBest Rock + Metal Debut Albums of 2022 [46] *
NME UKThe 25 best debut albums of 2022 [49] *
No Ripcord UKThe 50 best albums of 2022 [43] 34
Punknews.orgUSSamantha B's Picks: Top 10 LP's of 2022 [45] 7
Rolling Stone USBest Music of 2022 (Lisa Tozzi) [44] 7
Tape Op USThe Rest of the Best List 2022 [50] *
Under the Radar USTop 100 Albums of 2022 [51] 41
(*) denotes an unranked list

Release

Singles

Growing Up was released on released on April 8, 2022, by Epitaph Records. [52] The album spawned four singles, "Oh!", "Nino", "Growing Up", and "Talking to Myself". "Oh!" was released as a single preceding the album on July 21, 2021. [53] The second single, "Nino", was released on December 1, 2021. [54] "Growing Up" and "Talking to Myself" would follow as the third and fourth singles on February 1 and March 2, 2022, respectively. [55] [56]

A live version of "Racist, Sexist Boy" was released as a single on May 27, 2021. It contains material from the Linda Lindas' live performance at the Los Angeles Public Library. The song went on to win Best Punk Record at the 2022 Libera Awards. [57] It was also nominated for Best Song at the 2022 Kerrang! Awards. [58]

Music videos

The music video for "Oh!" [59] was directed by Ryan Baxley. [60] It features Ray Barbee taking pictures of the Linda Lindas using a Polaroid camera. [61] The music video for "Nino" [62] was animated by Rob Fidel, [63] and the storyboard was created by Bela Salazar. [19] It features Nino, Salazar's pet Siamese cat, [19] hunting in the desert. [64] Humberto Leon directed the music video for "Growing Up", [65] which features the band playing dress-up. [55] The music video for "Talking to Myself", [66] also directed by Ryan Baxley, was inspired by The Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll" and features the band's doll collection. [56] "Why" had a music video [67] release on May 6, following the release of album. The video, directed by Elizabeth Ito, is a tribute to the 1981 film The Decline of Western Civilization. It also features a cameo from Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna. [68]

Touring

Following the release of the album, the Linda Lindas performed a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert at the Los Angeles Public Library, where they had previously performed their live version of "Racist, Sexist Boy". [69] [70] [71] The band also appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing their song "Oh!". [72] The Linda Lindas embarked on a tour from June to October 2022, [73] with some shows alongside Japanese Breakfast, Bacchae, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. [72]

Track listing

Growing Up track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh!"The Linda Lindas2:35
2."Growing Up"Lucia de la Garza3:06
3."Talking to Myself"Mila de la Garza2:22
4."Fine"Eloise Wong2:02
5."Nino"Bela Salazar1:49
6."Why"Wong2:19
7."Cuántas Veces"Salazar3:13
8."Remember"L. Garza3:39
9."Magic"
  • L. Garza
  • M. Garza
2:36
10."Racist, Sexist Boy"
  • Wong
  • Salazar
1:49
Total length:25:35
Japanese release and digital bonus edition [74] [75]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Linda Linda" Hiroto Kōmoto 2:34
Total length:28:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Growing Up. [1]

The Linda Lindas

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Packaging

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
VariousApril 8, 2022 Epitaph Digital download —
May 17, 2023 [75] Digital download (bonus edition)
United StatesApril 8, 2022CD, LP 87875 [35]
JapanJune 3, 2022CDSTCD-0004 [76]
Europe Epitaph Europe 7875-2 [77]
June 24, 2022LP7875-1 [78]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Growing Up
Chart (2022)Peak
position
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard (magazine)Billboard ) [79] 19
US Vinyl Albums ( Billboard (magazine)Billboard ) [79] 10
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [80] 49
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [81] 92
Scottish Albums (OCC) [82] 54

Notes

  1. ↑ As discussed by Kerrang! 's Jake Richardson, [23] Flood's Josh Hurst, [24] and Exclaim! 's Alan Ranta. [25]
  2. ↑ As discussed by Alternative Press 's Augusta Battoclette, [27] Consequence of Sound 's Wren Graves, [28] The Washington Post 's Derek Hawkins, [29] and Exclaim! 's Allie Gregory. [30]
  3. ↑ Lil' Dude is a cat, [21] however he is still noted in the liner notes. [1]
  4. ↑ Credited as "Cat eye photos"

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