{"product_id":"car-seat-headrest-presale-10-16-26-teen-of-denial-joes-story-cd-new","title":"Car Seat Headrest - (PRESALE 10\/16\/26) Teen of Denial: Joe's Story (CD) | NEW","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHIPS BY 10\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist: Car Seat Headrest\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Teen of Denial: Joe's Story\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Indie \u0026amp; Alternative\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Matador\u003cbr\u003eAvailable 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.”\u003cbr\u003eEarly 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 presentation does them honor with a fresh offering to the conversation. We’ve known that “it doesn’t have to be like this”; now we can wonder – “‘what it if were like this?’”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: NEW\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: ALT\/INDIE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: Matador\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog Number: CD-OLE-2247\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Type: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 10\/16\/2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Car Seat Headrest","offers":[{"title":"- ALT\/INDIE *NEW*","offer_id":66726309625971,"sku":"RYCO8Q-RI4R-00","price":17.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/alt-indie-new_hcM4Q.jpg?v=1790550053","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/car-seat-headrest-presale-10-16-26-teen-of-denial-joes-story-cd-new","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}