Kevin Bronson on June 6th, 2023

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Guitars writ large (and we mean Catherine Wheel-sized), emotion turned up to 11 and sweetly melodic male-female harmonies softening the blow, “Still Love” is the new single from L.A. rockers Teenage Wrist.

The song is the title track of the third full-length from the duo of singer-guitarist Marshall Gallagher and drummer Anthony Salazar. The album will be out Aug. 4 via Epitaph. The new single follows the hard-hitting single “Sunshine,” released in April, and the ’90s-style ballad “Diorama,” released last month.

This one features vocals from Canadian grunge/shoegaze sibling duo Softcult (Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn).

Says Gallagher: “I was in a pretty dark spot after COVID (as most people were), and I was starting to piece together things about myself that were difficult to face — like why I carry so much shame and guilt, and how the manifestation of those things were quite literally hurting me, as well as others.

“It’s pretty wild how putting thoughts down on paper can help you make sense of your emotions. Writing these lyrics was sort of a gateway to forgiving myself — for big mistakes, for not living up to expectations, for being a shit tornado of a person in the process of learning how to live. Also, I was listening to way too much Sunny Day Real Estate and I’m sure it seeped through.”

||| Stream: “Still Love” and “Diorama”

||| Also: Watch the video for “Still Love”

||| Live: Teenage Wrist play the Constellation Room on Sept. 5 (tickets) and Oct. 5 at the Lodge Room (tickets). Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday.

||| Previously: “Sunshine,” 2021 interview, “Earth Is a Black Hole,” “Silverspoon,” QUARANTUNES, “Mary,” EP “Dweeb,” “Stoned, Alone,” “Afterglow”