Teenage Bottlerocket have released “City At Night” as the lead single from their forthcoming EP ‘The Invisible Man,’ due March 6 on Pirates Press Records. The four-song EP was recorded during the same sessions that produced their 2025 album ‘Ready To Roll’ at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, recorded and mixed by Andrew Berlin and mastered by Jason Livermore. Each of the band’s three singer/songwriters contributes at least one track to the release.
Bassist Miguel Chen wrote the title track, a mid-tempo new wave-inflected piece built around cinematic imagery and his own need for solitude. “Despite spending my life surrounded by people I love, my family, my band, my friends, I’ve learned that I need a lot of alone time to stay balanced and happy,” he says. “Time alone is great for your well-being. I highly recommend it. Also, I love old horror movies.” Guitarist Ray Carlisle contributes “You Made Me Get Called A Poser,” inspired by a real-life moment when his kid wore a Less Than Jake shirt to school and got called out by a substitute teacher. Guitarist Kody Templeman rounds out the EP with “Pembrey’s Face,” drawn from his love of the Hannibal Lecter films. “I’ve always been a big fan of the Hannibal Lecter movies based on the Thomas Harris novels,” he explains. “Ray and I always quoted the Jim Pembrey line during the escape scene in The Silence of the Lambs.”
“City At Night” closes the EP and was previously available only on an ultra-limited 7″ included with the Deluxe Edition of ‘Ready To Roll.’ For most fans, ‘The Invisible Man’ marks their first chance to own a physical copy of the track, and the response since the digital single dropped has been nothing short of fervent. ‘The Invisible Man’ is available for pre-order from the Pirates Press Records webstore on 7″ Bone Vinyl, 7″ Violet Vinyl, and 7″ Black Vinyl, with 7″ Magenta Vinyl available exclusively at the band’s merch table on tour. The sleeve features artwork by longtime collaborator Oscar Puig, which also appears on a merch line including T-shirts, skateboard decks, patches, and stickers.