Los Angeles-based rock band Teenage Wrist have just announced that they will be releasing their third studio album, Still Love, on August 4th via Epitaph Records. Pre-orders can be found here.
For their new album, the band — consisting of Marshall Gallagher on guitars/vocals and Anthony Salazar on drums — decided to produce it themselves to handcraft their most expansive set of songs to date from the ground up. Still Love is the culmination of the past eight years of Teenage Wrist, and shows the band continually evolving and refining their sound as they look to reach new heights in scope and execution.
Gallagher goes on to explain, “I was in a pretty dark spot after Covid (as most people were), and I was starting to piece together things about myself that were difficult to face; like why I carry so much shame and guilt, and how the manifestation of those things were quite literally hurting me, as well as others. It’s pretty wild how putting thoughts down on paper can help you make sense of your emotions. Writing these lyrics was sort of a gateway to forgiving myself – for big mistakes, for not living up to expectations, for being a shit tornado of a person in the process of learning how to live. Also, I was listening to way too much Sunny Day Real Estate and I’m sure it seeped through.”
Additionally, Teenage Wrist have shared the music video for the album’s title-track, “Still Love,” which features Canadian band Softcult — which can be found below.
Still Love will undoubtedly please fans who favor the distorted guitars and crunchy chords of 2021’s Earth is a Black Hole but the band aren’t ashamed to admit that there’s a strong pop sensibility that shows how much they’ve grown as songwriters. Lyrically, the songs are more introspective in comparison to the nihilistic energy of their sophomore effort, chronicling the process and emotional catharsis of learning to love oneself.
The writing process started all the way back in early-2022 with a retreat in Joshua Tree, which inspired the band to push their own limits of experimentation. Instead of relying on nostalgia, the dynamic between the duo drove them to push the limits of not only Teenage Wrist’s sound, but their own personal forms of creative expression. “We didn’t have a preconception about how we were going to be received for this record, so we decided we should just create something organic that we feel completely present making,” Salazar explains. “There was no other intent than for us to express ourselves.”
The powerful bond between these two collaborators lies at the core of Teenage Wrist’s music and, more than any other factor, that’s evident on every moment of Still Love. “There was a certain feeling that music gave me as a kid and this is honestly the first time on any record I feel like we kind of came close to achieving that,” Gallagher says of the end result. “We just shot from the gut on this record and tried not to overanalyze things… and I think the record speaks for itself.”
Check out all of the album details below as well as all of Teenage Wrist’s upcoming announced fall tour dates.
Artwork:
Track-listing:
- Sunshine
- Dark Sky (feat. SA Martinez)
- Still Love (feat. Softcult)
- Digital Self
- Something Good
- Wax Poetic (feat. Sister Void)
- Diorama
- Cold Case
- Cigarette Two-Step (feat. David Marion)
- Humbug (feat. Heavenward)
- Sprawled
- Paloma a.k.a. Ketamine
Tour dates:
09.05 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
09.06 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside
09.08 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
09.09 – Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s
09.11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
09.12 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
09.14 – Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade
09.15 – Indianapolis, IN – Hoosier Dome
09.16 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
09.17 – Toronto, ON – Hard Luck
09.19 – Boston, MA – Sonia
09.20 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
09.21 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made
09.23 – Birmingham, AL – Furnace Fest
09.24 – Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
09.26 – Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub
09.27 – Tampa, FL – New World Brewery
09.29 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
09.30 – Nashville, TN – The End
10.02 – Dallas, TX – Sons Of Hermann Hall
10.03 – Austin, TX – The Parish
10.05 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
10.07 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
10.08 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
