Having recently signed to SideOneDummy, Rochester emo band Carpool have now announced their first album for the label, My Life In Subtitles, due March 22. Recorded by Jay Zubricky (Every Time I Die, Save Face, etc), the album’s first single is “Can We Just Get High?,” a big, crunchy, power-pop punk anthem that feels like it’ll be an instant shoutalong at shows. Vocalist/guitarist Stoph Colasanto says:
I’d like to believe that this song speaks for itself in terms of what it means, but it genuinely is a touch more nuanced than what it appears to be at surface level. In many ways I look at this song as the spiritual successor to “Salty Song.” I did not want to write it. Talk to any band; big or small, and ask them how they feel about having to play their “hit” every night. I’d put money on it that 9 out of 10 of them will say it’s daunting, that they’re disillusioned with the track, and that it doesn’t mean what it once did to them. I did not want to write this song. My brother, Adam, called me one night and said, “You need a ‘Salty Song’-style banger on the album to push it forward.” He wasn’t wrong (he rarely is). I wrote the song that night in 25 minutes. The lyrics are meant to be wordy, tongue-in-cheek, and cluttered together almost like a panic attack (because maybe at certain points that’s what I’m talking about). How I’ve learned to handle my anxieties and fears of the everyday “mundane” — whether it’s healthy or not. I spell out the way I think about situations when I’m approached with them, the way my brain intakes information. “Love me, hate me, don’t care. Can we just get high” is straight up how I feel about everything. We could be mortal fucking enemies, rivals from birth, and yet — we smoke a blunt (or do other drugs, or whatever you consider a vice) together and talk and most things will melt away. We could be lovers and just laying together and getting high could be the most intimate moment. Maybe it’s better to live life with dry eyes? Maybe it’s better to see things with a hazed out filter. Maybe it isn’t. Who the fuck am I to know? This album is about the way my life is chronicled for you to read since 2018. I think this is the most correct way to start it off. By showcasing how much of a fucking basket case I truly am.
Check out the new song, album artwork, and tracklist below…
Tracklist
1. My Life In Subtitles
2. Can We Just Get High?
3. Open Container Blues
4. Crocodile Tears
5. Done Paying Taxes
6. Kid Icarus
7. Me Vs. The Windmill
8. No News Is Good News
9. I Hate Music
10. Car
11. Thom Yorke New City
12. Everytime I Think Of You I Smile