Inhalt: Das 2. Album der amerikanischen Indieband. Der lakonische Lo-fi-Pop erinnert manches Mal an 1990er-Grungebands, der Gesang zuweilen an Jonathan Richman, gleichwohl ist der Sound von heute. Mastermind Will Toledo hat bereits sehr viel Musik produziert und auf Online-Plattformen angeboten. Auf 'Teens of denial' erzählt er die Geschichte des Jugendlichen Joe, der an der Schwelle des Erwachsenwerdens mit seinen reflexiven Adoleszenzproblemen hadert. "... an album about teenage life that sounds like it could have been created by a 17-year-old, though few would have the intelligence and discipline to get their ideas on tape with this level of skill. Toledo understands that the circumstances of Joe's life might sometimes seem trivial at first glance, but the emotions behind them, and the lessons doled out and learned, are not. There's a real and powerful wit in these songs ... Will Toledo has created something like a novel after previously offering us short stories, and it's a piece of rough-hewn brilliance" (Mark Deming, www.allmusic.com).