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Teens of Denial
Rock · 2016 · 12 tracks · 1h 9m

Teens of Denial

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A sprawling, high-fidelity indie rock epic that trades bedroom lo-fi for massive guitars and hyper-detailed narratives of early-twenties anxiety.

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It's like a classic rock opera for people who have panic attacks in the grocery store.

A high-tension mix of intellectual cynicism and raw, desperate emotional catharsis.

Teens of Denial · vs · Car Seat Headrest
Basement Show+2.1σ

Basement Show saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 1h 9m
01
Fill in the Blank
4:05
02
Vincent
7:45
03
Destroyed by Hippie Powers
5:04
04
(Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs With Friends (But Says This Isn’t a Problem)
5:37
05
Just What I Needed/Not Just What I Needed
3:49
06
Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
6:15
07
1937 State Park
4:00
08
Unforgiving Girl (She’s Not an)
5:26
09
Cosmic Hero
8:32
10
The Ballad of the Costa Concordia
11:31
11
Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)
6:07
12
Joe Goes to School
1:18
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive transition in 'Vincent' where the circular guitar riff finally breaks into a full-band gallop after two minutes of tension.
The multi-layered vocal chant at the end of 'Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales' that transforms a moment of self-loathing into a communal anthem.
The sudden, jarring shift in 'The Ballad of the Costa Concordia' where the song collapses into a spoken-word inventory of personal failures.
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