Capitol Music Group will release Teenager, the third album from acclaimed Irish rock band The Thrills, on October 23rd. The five-piece Dublin band had recorded its two previous albums – 2003’s So Much For The City and 2004’s Let’s Bottle Bohemia – in sunny Southern California, but this time round they opted for The Warehouse (which was a makeshift morgue in a previous incarnation and is rumored to be haunted) in Vancouver, BC’s seedy Gastown district.
The change in location imbued the band with a renewed intensity and a fresh perspective on its music. Working with Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air, Smashing Pumpkins), who produced their first album, The Thrills crafted an intimate, reflective collection of 11 songs. The soulful ballads "Should’ve Known Better" and "Teenager" are tinged with an aching sense of melancholy and the knowledge that youth’s optimism inevitably gives way to a growing sense of mortality.
