Teen of Denial: Joe's Story [2LP]

Car Seat Headrest - Teen of Denial: Joe's Story [2LP]

Available as a gatefold 2xLP / CD with new artwork on October 16th: Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo re-imagines the band’s breakout on Teen of Denial: Joe’s Story. On the original record, Toledo used the name “Joe” as a stand-in for himself. Revisiting Teens in the run-up to its 10th year, he felt compelled to give Joe a backstory and began tweaking the album to tell that tale. “The resulting work feels more like the album Teens of Denial was meant to be,” Will Toledo writes in a new message to fans. “When you’re writing from a dark space, it’s hard to have perspective on where you’re at. This time, I could pull from memories of that darkness, and use the distance and additional perspective of ten years of life to shed a fuller light on the experience. Joe is a character going through some of what I experienced, and some of his own problems.” Early this year, the group returned to the studio with producer Steve Fisk to update accordingly –tweaking lyrics and recording new tunes in the “Denial-style,” including the optimistic and anthemic “Joe Drives Again.” The result retains Teens’s dark edge and youthful cynicism, but promises a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. Toledo writes, “I’m so grateful that this is a work that people have kept coming to, and I hope that this prese(more...) A1. Fill In The Blank A2. Vincent A3. Destroyed By Hippie Powers B1. (Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs With Friends (B… B2. Optimistic Son B3. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales C1. State Park C2. Joe Drives Again C3. Cosmic Hero D1. The Ravenous House D2. Connect the Dots (Song of Secretariat) D3. Joe Goes to School