CD - Car Seat Headrest - Teen Of Denial (Joe's Story)(Pre-Order)

1CD - released October 16

Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo reimagines the band's breakout, "Teens Of Denial", with new songs, updated arrangements, and alternate lyrics, celebrating the classic album's 10th anniversary.

On the original record, Toledo used the name "Joe" as a stand-in for himself, in revisiting 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. "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 the original album's dark edge and youthful cynicism, but promises a bit of light at the end of the tunnel.