Parent Teacher – Eight Cents
Parent Teacher Announces New EP,
Shares “Eight Cents” Single + Video
Celestial Mom EP out 2027 via DSPs
New York City based artist Parent Teacher today has announced his new EP Celestial Mom, due out on Spring 2027 via Wilbur & Moore Records. The announcement is accompanied by the release of propulsive, nostalgic lead single “Eight Cents” – chorus soaked, melodic guitar leads soar over a driving rhythm section composed of drum machines and stimulating bass-lines.
“I spend a lot of time writing songs about how ridiculous the world has become, so I figured it was probably time to acknowledge that I’m part of the problem,” Parent Teacher explains. “‘Eight Cents’ is basically about wanting people to like you while simultaneously finding the whole idea of being liked kind of humiliating. I wanted it to sound upbeat, because there’s something inherently funny about having an existential crisis over a bunch of dad-rock riffs.”
On “Eight Cents,” New York City’s Parent Teacher trades some of its outward-facing social commentary for a more uncomfortable subject: the songwriter. Beneath its upbeat exterior, “Eight Cents” wrestles with insecurity, social alienation, and the exhausting desire to be liked.
For a project accustomed to examining the absurdities of the outside world, “Eight Cents” marks a subtle shift in perspective. The cynicism remains, but this time the songwriter isn’t standing outside the chaos pointing fingers. They’re implicated in it, too.
Celestial Mom – Track Listing
1. Eight Cents
2. Daylight
3. Idiot
4. Keys To The Castle
About Parent Teacher:
Parent Teacher is a New York City-based project working somewhere between grunge, acoustic-punk, and touches of folktronica.
Following 2023’s Impending Doom and the subsequent Ethereal Collapse, the project has continued to track a world that feels increasingly surreal and unstable, pairing critical, often dark observations with deceptively sweet melodic writing and a detached vocal delivery.
The 2026 album, Tricks for Meds, leans heavier and more immediate, pulling from ’90s alternative rock and pop-punk while still carrying traces of the project’s more electronic and experimental tendencies. Across the record, harsh themes and sweetened melodies sit side by side, creating songs that feel both familiar and slightly off-center.
At its core, Parent Teacher lives in that tension between sincerity and irony, clarity and distortion, where bleak observations meet songs that still feel catchy and human.
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