{"product_id":"twisted-teens-the-holy-cross-tigers-cd","title":"Twisted Teens - The Holy Cross Tigers (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwisted Teens - aka Caspian Halliwell and RJ Santos - didn't really exist before it's 2024 debut LP, now known as The Orange Album. The pair had been making music from Cajun\/country to anarcho-folk under the radar and off the grid, living and working itinerantly. Twisted Teens came from a pandemic-induced burst of inspiration that drew them together to record, in suitably lo-fi fashion, at Caspian's New Orleans home. Their first album quickly became a modern classic of sticky, warm rock, bunching blues, folk, and punk into a raw and irresistible concoction. The duo came back strong in 2026 with Blame the Clown - instantly, enthusiastically cosigned Pitchfork and Paste - and then the equally acclaimed Florida Water Blues, an absurdist take on their wanderings around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir third magnetic and perfectly ragged album of 2026 is a saga of heartbreak and hidden triumph called The Holy Cross Tigers. The songs are anthems of longing, and myriad disappointments, fueled by everything from a brutal breakup to snitching ex-friends. Despite these woes, The Holy Cross Tigers has a sense of radiance, a feeling of reflected light pushing against the sadness. Instantly relatable, it feels like a few friends sharing the burdens of life with one another, the results strange and ecstatic because they are operating by their own rules. It is a blown-out transmission from the lip of heartbreak, a place where even the lucky have been and from which they have hopefully returned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Stalks\u003cbr\u003e2 When We First Met\u003cbr\u003e3 Be An Angel\u003cbr\u003e4 Blue Rose\u003cbr\u003e5 I Spend My Time Crying\u003cbr\u003e6 Blue Flower\u003cbr\u003e7 I Bring\u003cbr\u003e8 Look in the Mirror\u003cbr\u003e9 Lock and Key\u003cbr\u003e10 Figure It Out\u003cbr\u003e11 Armed with a Vision\u003cbr\u003e12 Every Flower\u003cbr\u003e13 Darker the Night Is the Brighter I See\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67920555147398,"sku":"SUB1755.2","price":13.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/2959\/9806\/files\/twisted-teens-holy-cross-tigers.jpg?v=1794243645","url":"https:\/\/www.parasolrecords.com\/products\/twisted-teens-the-holy-cross-tigers-cd","provider":"Parasol Mail Order","version":"1.0","type":"link"}