{"id":13690,"date":"2026-03-07T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=13690"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:44:42","slug":"teenage-bottlerocket-return-with-the-invisible-man-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=13690","title":{"rendered":"Teenage Bottlerocket return with The Invisible Man EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EP REVIEW: Teenage Bottlerocket – The Invisible Man (Pirates Press Records)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Wyoming pop-punk veterans Teenage Bottlerocket<\/strong> are kicking off 2026 with the release of a new four-song EP, The Invisible Man<\/em>, on Pirates Press Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tracks songs were recorded during the sessions for the band\u2019s latest album, 2025’s Ready To Roll<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of the band\u2019s three songwriters are represented; it kicks off with the mid-paced title track, penned by bassist Miguel Chen, who uses cinematic imagery to express his desire to disappear from the chaos of the modern world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He sings: “I wanna be the invisible man and get away as far as I can\/I’m losing faith in humanity, I wish that they’d just let me be”. I think we all know the feeling…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guitarist Ray Carlisle’s You Made Me Get Called A Poser<\/em> is inspired by a real-life family story. \u201cMy kid wore a Less Than Jake shirt to school and some substitute teacher asked him to name a song,\u201d he explains. \u201cMy kid came home all bummed out and said \u2018you made me get called a poser.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Carlisle also wrote the pacy closer City At Night<\/em>, which was originally released on an ultra-limited 7in included with the deluxe edition of Ready To Roll<\/em>, and later released as a digital single. For most fans, this will be the first chance to own a physical copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, guitarist Kody Templeman contributes my favourite track, the Offspring-like Pembry\u2019s Face<\/em>, another song inspired by the band\u2019s love of horror fiction. \u201cI\u2019ve always been a big fan of the Hannibal Lecter movies based on the Thomas Harris novels,” he says. “Ray and I always quoted the Jim Pembry line during the escape scene [in The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n