NEWS : FRI, NOV 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Twisted Teens Share “I Spend My Time Crying” Official Video
Twisted Teens’ new album, The Holy Cross Tigers, is available today worldwide from Sub Pop. Today, they deliver the charming new official video for the album standout “I Spend My Time Crying,” directed by Jack Massucci (“Florida Water Blues” video).
The Holy Cross Tigers is Twisted Teens’ third album of 2026, following the acclaimed albums Blame the Clown (released on Chain Smoking Records in January) and Florida Water Blues (released on Going Underground in North America in July, and the rest of the world through Sub Pop in September).
Twisted Teens just sold out a headlining show at New York City’s The Bowery Ballroom, and are currently supporting their recent tourmates Kurt Vile & The Violators, with a show tonight, Friday, November 6th in Louisville, KY at Headliners Music Hall. These shows run through Tuesday, November 24th in Baltimore, MD, at Ottobar.
Twisted Teens will then close out 2026 with a tour of Australia beginning Friday, December 11th, in Melbourne at Howler and ending Wednesday, December 16th, in Sydney with a sold-out show at Oxford Art Factory. The band’s December 13th date in Melbourne has also been upgraded to the larger Corner Hotel.
Twisted Teens have also scheduled new festival appearances for June 2027, including Primavera Sound in Barcelona (June 5th) and Porto (June 10th) and Best Kept Secret Festival in Hilvarenbeek, NL (June 11th).
Tickets for these shows are on sale now.
For regular performance and ticketing updates, please visit TwistedTeens.com.
Fri. Nov. 06 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall ^
Sat. Nov. 07 - St. Louis, MO - The Sovereign ^
Sun. Nov. 08 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall ^
Tue. Nov. 10 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly’s ^
Wed. Nov. 11 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall ^
Thu. Nov. 12 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room ^
Fri. Nov. 13 - Fort Collins, CO - Washington’s ^
Sat. Nov. 14 - Denver, CO - Summit ^
Mon. Nov. 16 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge ^
Tue. Nov. 17 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall ^
Wed. Nov. 18 - New Orleans, LA - Joy Theatre ^
Fri. Nov. 20 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club ^
Sat. Nov. 21 - Charleston, SC - The Music Farm ^
Sun. Nov. 22 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre ^
Mon. Nov. 23 - Richmond, VA - The National ^
Tue. Nov. 24 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar ^
Fri. Dec. 11 - Melbourne, VIC, AU - Howler
Sat. Dec. 12 - Meredith, VIC, AU - Meredith Music Festival
Sun. Dec. 13 - Melbourne, VIC, AU - Corner Hotel (*Venue Upgrade*)
Tue. Dec. 15 - Brisbane, QLD, AU - Crowbar
Wed. Dec. 16 - Sydney, NSW, AU - Oxford Art Factory [Sold Out]
2027, Europe
Sat. Jun. 05 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound Barcelona
Thu. Jun. 10- Porto, PT - Primavera Sound Porto
Fri. Jun. 11 - Hilvarenbeek, NL - Best Kept Secret Festival
^ w/ Kurt Vile and the Violators
Twisted Teens’ The Holy Cross Tigers is now available now on CD/LP/CS/Digitally from Sub Pop. LP purchases in North America from the Sub Pop Mega Mart, in the EU/UK from MegaMart Europe, at the band’s live shows, and from your local record store will receive the limited Loser Edition on Maroon vinyl. There is also a Bandcamp exclusive on Opaque Maroon w/Black Swirl vinyl (all vinyl colors whilst stock lasts!). Three new T-shirt designs (2 for US, 1 for EU/UK) are also available.
Read more about Twisted Teens in the New York Times and Pitchfork.
“This is as real as it gets, hugely exciting — and strangely hopeful.” [The Holy Cross Tigers] ★★★★★ The Times
“Where most garage rock is designed to punch you in the gut, Twisted Teens’ songs seep into your bloodstream, tugging at the heartstrings while occasionally inducing hallucinations.” Despite the beery bonhomie and singalong-friendly simplicity of their tunes, the Twisted Teens are grappling with an increasingly complex tangle of contradictions and tensions.” [The Holy Cross Tigers] 8.0/10, Pitchfork
“Prolific and terrific.” [The Holy Cross Tigers] ★★★★ MOJO
“Twisted Teens are two of 2026’s true originals – a breakout band whose kooky, ultra-clarified vision outstrips the hype.” [Florida Water Blues]
The Guardian
“Twisted Teens use lost love as a trick mirror while balancing their signature interplay between hard (rickety shredding and Hollywell’s ragged vocals) and soft (singalong hooks and Santos’ sweet, sweet steel guitar licks). In the throes of a love gone sour and a swampy summer gone cold, they’re still serving up good times alongside gut punches, playing the Fool and the Hermit at once.” [The Holy Cross Tigers] “Grade A-,” PASTE
“It is their best yet: a break-up album of epic proportions that taps into the innately soulful side of Twisted Teens’ music while finding time for excursions into weirdo Southern mysticism, janky DIY beat-making and shimmery sound collages. It’s a late-breaking contender for album of the year…” [The Holy Cross Tigers] The Saturday Paper
“…one of America’s best new bands in 2026.” Matt Wilkinson, Apple Music 1
“This is one of the great garage rock groups of our time, folks.” Ezra Furman, BBC 6 Music
“Twisted Teens are seasoned songwriters and performers who—even when moving at such a relentless pace—make their tunefully rowdy punk rock feel unusually effortless. The truth is that they’re just really fucking good at what they do; The Holy Cross Tigers, following the power pop anthems of Blame the Clown and country-punk twang of Florida Water Blues, completes the triptych with a landmark for any great rock ‘n’ roll band: a breakup album, with all the soul and heartache that typically comes with that sort of thing.” “Album of the Week,” TREBLE
“A playful, sometimes quite silly, combination of egg-punk hyperactivity, knowingly schlocky Americana posturing and wide-eyed, road-dazed rock ‘n’ roll songwriting, it’s simple, effective and occasionally more moving than you expect.” [The Holy Cross Tigers] Loud and Quiet
“The album feels like a full circle moment, as it widens the scope on the aching melancholy and vulnerability explored on Florida Water Blues, all while retaining all the appeal, charm and strength of their previous LPs.” [The Holy Cross Tigers] “Album of the Month,” Occult Magazine
“The duo of Caspian Hollywell and Ramon “RJ” Santos continue in their unique style of cracked-out folk-punk that incorporates splashes of country, garage rock, and more. Lo-fi production and odd sounds that pop up at random keep listeners on edge, while Santos’ pedal steel accentuates Hollywell’s jittery recordings.” [The Holy Cross Tigers] GLIDE
“…Their best record yet” [The Holy Cross Tigers] 9.5/10, Northern Transmissions
“Powered by Hollywell’s grizzled voice and comically surreal confessional lyrics, their Sub Pop debut is packed with endearingly ramshackle country-punk saloon-bar slammers like “Stalks” and “I Spend My Time Crying”. [The Holy Cross Tigers] UNCUT
“The guitars are ramshackle and immediate, the tempos mostly unrelenting, and Honeywell’s delivery plainspoken and refreshingly direct. But this belies the sneaky richness of Honeywell and RJ Santos’s songwriting and their songs’ sturdy structural designs.” [The Holy Cross Tigers] SLANT
“Santos’ slide guitar is the special sauce that gives these songs zip, but Hollywell’s swaggering charisma is undeniable, and his raw-throated delivery rips its way out of your speakers. The Holy Cross Tigers, and the two other albums from this year, are the kind of records that both hit you immediately and keep their hooks in you.”
[The Holy Cross Tigers]
Sound Bites
The Holy Cross Tigers
Tracklisting:
1. Stalks
2. When We First Met
3. Be An Angel
4. Blue Rose
5. I Spend My Time Crying
6. Blue Flower
7. I Bring
8. Look In The Mirror
9. Lock And Key
10. Figure It Out
11. Armed With A Vision
12. Every Flower
13. Darker The Night Is The Brighter I See