A-Teens Unburdened By Street Cred

Sean Richardson of the Boston Phoenix profiled the A-Teens and reviewed their latest album ‘Pop ’til You Drop!’ ahead of their appearance at the FleetBoston Pavilion on Thursday (August 22). Richardson writes, “A*Teens inhabit a teen-pop universe that has seen better days: Britney, *NSYNC, and Backstreet Boys are all fading, and potential successors Aaron Carter and Lil Bow Wow have yet to capture a post-teen audience the way their elders once did. A*Teens are probably too anonymous to compete at a superstar level, but their distinctly European pop purism gives them an important advantage over their American counterparts: they’re unburdened by the pressures of street cred.” The story at bostonphoenix.com has since been removed.