Twisted Teens: The Holy Cross Tigers (Loser edition, maroon vinyl) [SUB POP]

Why you'll love it

Sub Pop's limited Loser edition puts The Holy Cross Tigers on maroon vinyl. It's Twisted Teens' first album for the label and their third of 2026, which the band have called their very own Blood On The Tracks, and Stereogum named them one of the most exciting new rock bands to break out this year.

This edition

• Sub Pop Loser edition, limited
• Maroon vinyl
• 13 tracks, led by the single "When We First Met"

About the album

Twisted Teens are Caspian Halliwell, who sings and plays most things, and RJ Santos on steel guitar, and they've had quite the year. Blame The Clown arrived in February, Florida Water Blues in July, and somewhere in between they signed to Sub Pop. The Holy Cross Tigers is the first fruit of that and it's built on the same mix that made people notice them in the first place: raspy vocals, lo-fi electric guitar and heavy bass up against country steel and fingerpicked acoustic.

This time the subject is a romance going quietly sour. "When We First Met" looks back at the early days, "Stalks" and "I Spend My Time Crying" are about as cheerful as they sound, and "Darker The Night Is The Brighter I See" closes things out on something like hope. Stereogum hears the band's usual "unstoppable ragtag momentum" in it, and so do we. Three albums in one year, and the rest of us can't manage a grocery list.

Tracklist

Listen

Out November 6, 2026 on Sub Pop (cat# SP1755).