According to Wikipedia, the band is named for the film Linda Linda Linda, as well as the Blue Hearts song "Linda Linda". They started playing together in 2018, but I first heard of them in 2021 when a live performance of their song "Racist, Sexist Boy" went viral. Since then I've seen videos for a couple more of their songs, so when "Growing Up" was released I really wanted to get it. So I did.

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Growing Up
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This is the 2022 debut (full-length) album by the band. (There was previously a digital EP in 2020, which I haven't heard.) At the time of this release, the four bandmembers' ages range from 11 to 17. The songs are all pretty short, ranging in length from 1:49 to 3:39. The CD comes in a little cardboard slipcase, and it's pretty tight, so I had to kind of tug on the disc to get it out. I only mention that because I worry about leaving fingerprints or scratching the disc on the way out, or whatever. There are also liner notes with lyrics. (The album was also released on vinyl, and while I do have a record player, I pretty much never use it. It's got a bunch of stuff stacked on top of it, so CDs are just more convenient. Though I do feel like this would be a cool album to have on vinyl.)

1. Oh! - This was released as a single about a year before the album, but I don't think I had heard it until I got the album. It's pretty cool.

2. Growing Up - The title track, released as a single at the same time as the album. This was one of the videos I saw that made me want to buy the CD. I really love it.

3. Talking to Myself - This was the second video I saw that made me want the album (well, the third if you count the final track). It's another great song.

4. Fine

5. Nino

6. Why

7. Cuántas Veces - This one's in Spanish. Bing Translate tells me the title means "How Many Times". Other than that I don't have any idea what it's about, but I like it anyway.

8. Remember

9. Magic

10. Racist, Sexist Boy - Here it is, the first song I ever heard by the Linda Lindas. Aside from the title, the lyrics are kind of hard to make out, so I'm grateful for the liner notes. Anyway, I think it's a cool song mainly because, you know, I'm against racism and sexism, and I'm all for calling that shit out. I'm afraid the actual sound of the song is the least appealing of any song on the album, but it's still decent.

Well, there isn't a song on the album that I don't like a lot. They're all good. And if it weren't for the fact that I almost never bother listening to CDs, I could see myself listening to this often.