Twisted Teens

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 – Sub Pop has signed the prolific and mythical Twisted Teens, the New Orleans band led by Caspian Halliwell and RJ Santos, to release their music throughout the known universe in 2026 and beyond. The band has already released two acclaimed albums in 2026: Blame the Clown on Chain Smoking Records (January) and Florida Water Blues on Going Underground (July). Watch the official videos for the Florida Water Blues title track and its second single, “Swamp,” now.

In its “Best New Music” review of Blame the Clown, Pitchfork says of the band’s music, “It’s garage punk with an old-school country twang; as their personality seeps through the sound like dye, it takes on the color of music’s sepia-toned past and technicolor present (8.2/10).”

The Guardian offers this: “Not one but two of the year’s best albums so far are authored by a ragtag, deeply charismatic band from Louisiana named Twisted Teens, who bear Pynchonian names – Caspian Halliwell and RJ “Razor Ramone” Santos – a console steel guitar and, in Halliwell’s case, one of rock’s greatest, most soulful voices in many years. Virtuosic when it counts, ramshackle when necessary…”

Twisted Teens will hit the road next week, starting with two Southern California shows supporting The Breeders and immediately followed by a headlining run up the West Coast. These dates begin and end in Los Angeles, first on Monday, August 24th, at the Hollywood Palladium, and ending Friday, September 4th, with a sold-out show at Zebulon.

Then in November, Twisted Teens will headline a sold-out show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday, November 3rd. Immediately after, they will join recent tour mates Kurt Vile and The Violators on their headlining run, beginning Wednesday, November 4th in Buffalo, NY, at Asbury Hall and running through Tuesday, November 24th in Baltimore, MD, at Ottobar.

Twisted Teens will also close out 2026 with a tour of Australia beginning Friday, December 11th, in Melbourne at Howler and ending Wednesday, December 16th, in Sydney, at Oxford Art Factory. The tour includes a stop in Meredith, Victoria, on Saturday, December 12th, 2026, for a performance at Meredith Music Festival. Tickets for these shows are on sale now.

For regular performance and ticketing updates, please visit TwistedTeens.com and subpop.com/artists/twisted_teens/tours.

Twisted Teens’ Blame the Clown is out now on Chain Smoking Records. Florida Water Blues is available in North America through Going Underground Records, and on Friday, September 18th, Sub Pop will release the LP for the rest of the world.