UPC: 020543016344
Label: CHAIN SMOKING RECORDS
Format: CD
Release Date: April 17, 2026
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The follow up to their much acclaimed Self Titled album, the Twisted Teens are back with 12 more songs. The Band pulls from early American rock traditions without turning them into nostalgia pieces. Pedal steel sits comfortably alongside electric grit, expanding the emotional range without softening the bite. Melody is always present, but the rhythms favor momentum over precision. The result feels grounded and restless at the same time, rooted in familiar forms while refusing to stay put.Compared to the debut,Blame the Clownfeels more focused in how it balances it’s influences. Where the earlier record scattered ideas across genres, this one tightens the link between structure and feeling. The steel guitar feels woven into the songs rather than layered on top, and the album arrives with a clearer sense of direction. It plays like a natural next step, showing confidence built through constant movement.Blame the Clownfinds Twisted Teens right where momentum meets confidence and craft. They may still be flying under the radar, but now’s the perfect time to dig into both of their full-lengths. This record is rough by choice, never sloppy, balancing grit with melody and tradition with forward motion. It sounds lived in and earned, the kind of album that only gets better the longer it spins. If this is what the band sounds like after a year on the road, whatever comes next is worth keeping an eye on. -The Fire Note

TRACK LIST:

1. Is It Real?2. Wild Connection3. I Operate4. Little Seed5. 100 Bill Is Gone!6. Peekaboo Hand7. Not Real8. Who Could It Be?9. Circus Clown10. Hurricane11. White Hot Coal12. Corpse Pose