Teen Suicide announce first-ever studio recorded album. Produced by Mike Sapone (Taking Back Sunday, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Oso Oso).

They have returned with the announcement of their new album, ‘Nude descending staircase headless’, due out April 17th from Run For Cover Records. It is band’s first ever proper studio recording and marks the start of a new chapter for one of the most unique and impactful bands in modern indie rock. The leap in fidelity alchemizes all of the personality, nuances, and raw edges that make Teen Suicide special into an immediately gratifying release that’s faithful to their earlier music while also moving boldly forward. To celebrate the announcement, group have shared the first single, the fuzzed-out stomper ‘Idiot’. The track roars to life with a tremendous riff and the band sounding heavier and more confident than ever before, then it melts into shimmering atmosphere and harmonies from Teen Suicide‘s creative core, Sam and Kitty Ray. It’s a stunning introduction to the ambitious and dynamic sound of thi album. Over the years group has gone through many sonic evolutions, and the influence of Sam and Kitty Ray‘s entire musical constellation (including TS alter-ego American Pleasure Club, Starry Cat, The Pom-Poms, Kitty, Ricky Eat Acid, and many more) can be felt in all corners of underground and even mainstream contemporary music. But this LP is new territory even for these exceptionally pioneering artists. Recent years have found both Ray’s bouncing back from dire health struggles, allowing Teen Suicide to finally assemble a solid lineup and tour more regularly. With that hard-earned stability the duo began reconsidering their approach to Teen Suicide as a whole. The record’s lyrics are just as ambitious as the music, wrestling with nihilism, addiction, and what it even means to try and make lasting art as the world embraces the path of least resistance at every turn. “I think to write this kind of music you sort of have to pull from torment” Kitty explains. “Our torment is more external. This is what we do, the only thing we know is making music, so the existential perils of these ever-changing machines and systems we’re trying to exist within is the stuff that’s driving us insane when we sit down to write a song.” The result is a massive new album that trades the band’s usual lofi process for a widescreen sound combined with some of their most visceral songwriting to date. “On the older records everything was self-recorded, home-recorded, on a laptop or on tape, and always with really limited resources” Sam says. “I think we became known for that but it was also very limiting to be seen as a lo-fi band.” ‘Nude descending staircase headless’ is aggressive, catchy, intimate, a truly sweeping rock album that’s sure to please longtime fans and offers the perfect jumping on point for new listeners of Teen Suicide‘s dense catalog.

‘Nude descending staircase headless’ tracklist:
1. Anhedonia
2. Idiot
3. Suffering (Mike‘s way)
4. Spiders
5. The Knives
6. Everything in my life is perfect
7. Candy / Squeeze
8. Living death
9. Keeping Her Keys
10. Hypnotic poison
11. Kindnesses
12. Not born to run
13. Come and see the clown

Teen Suicide have also announced a lengthy run of North American tour dates with support from Liquid Mike, University, Pure Hex, and more. See full itinerary below.

Upcoming Shows:
05/08 Seattle, WA The Crocodile *
05/09 Portland, OR High Limit Room *
05/10 Boise, ID Shrine Ballroom *
05/13 Denver, CO Marquis *
05/15 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge +
05/16 Detroit, MI El Club +
05/17 Lakewood, OH Mahalls +
05/19 Indianapolis, IN Turntable +
05/21 Baltimore, MD Ottobar #
05/22 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg #
05/23 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry #
05/24 Richmond, VA Richmond Music Hall #
05/26 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Hell %
05/27 Tampa, FL Crowbar %
05/29 Dallas, TX Trees %
05/30 Austin, TX Empire Garage %
06/01 Albuquerque, NM Backstage at Revel ^
06/02 Mesa, AZ Rosetta Room ^
06/04 San Diego, CA Soma Sidestage ^
06/05 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex ^
06/06 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone ^

* Anthers
+ Liquid Mike
# University
% Fanclub Wallet
^ Pure Hex

photo credit: Maysa Askar