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

Release Date: October 16, 2026
Label: Matador Records
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 it's 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."

Tracklist

1. Fill in the Blank
2. Vincent
3. Destroyed By Hippie Powers
4. (Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs with Friends (B
5. Optimistic Son
6. Drunk Drivers
7. Killer Whales
8. State Park
9. Joe Drives Again
10. Cosmic Hero
11. The Ravenous House
12. Connect the Dots (Song of Secretariat)
13. Joe Goes to School