Teen of Denial Joes Story is a freshly reimagined take on Car Seat Headrests beloved breakout, Teens of Denial, now celebrating its 10th anniversary.On the original album, Toledo often used the name Joe as a pseudonym a sly homage to Daniel Johnston. Revisiting Teens in the runup to its 10th birthday, he felt called to give Joe a unique backstory and began tweaking the album to tell that tale. The group returned to the studio with Teens producer Steve Fisk to update accordingly tweaking lyrics, revising arrangements, and recording new songs in the Denialstyle, including Optimistic Son and the anthemic Joe Drives Again. The result retains Teens dark edge and youthful cynicism, but allows a bit of hardwon compassion into the mix.
