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Twisted Teens Release The Holy Cross Tigers on Sub Pop
Twisted Teens, the duo of Caspian Hollywell and R.J. Santos, is releasing The Holy Cross Tigers, its Sub Pop debut and third release of 2026, on Friday.
Caspian Hollywell and R.J. Santos recorded their first album under the name Twisted Teens within a month after starting to make music together in early 2024. Hollywell is the band's 44-year-old raw-voiced singer and multi-instrumentalist.
Hollywell co-founded the Santa Cruz, Calif., anarchist folk-punk band Blackbird Raum in the early 2000s. Santos is a Filipino-Canadian fine artist and sign painter.
The band's second record, Blame the Clown, received a Pitchfork Best New Album designation, about two years after the pair set their goal. Twisted Teens signed with the Seattle label Sub Pop shortly after the Pitchfork designation.
The band released its second album of 2026, Florida Water Blues, on the small Going Underground label in July. The Holy Cross Tigers is the band's Sub Pop debut and third release of 2026, and it comes out on Friday.
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