Teenage Halloween – “Standing On The Corner”

New Jersey pop-punk tunesmiths Teenage Halloween released Till You Return, their most recent album, just before Halloween 2023. This made sense. Today, the band returns with a brand new single, their first in the three years since that album came out. Except this time, the record is arriving just after Halloween — a real plot twist from this band.As far as I can tell, Teenage Halloween's new song "Standing On The Corner" has nothing to do with the New York avant-jazz crew Standing On The Corner, though that group should obviously make a song called "Teenage Halloween" now. I'm pretty sure the triumphant chorus is about literally standing on a literal corner, though I guess it could be about metaphorically standing on a metaphorical corner: "I was standing on the corner/ I was waiting for the train/ There are paths that we all choose/ They’re not real without pain."The song is a charged-up, ultra-catchy singalong anthem about self-doubt and the need for progress. The members of Teenage Halloween don't all live in New Jersey anymore, but they kept it real Jersey on this one, recording in their home state with Bouncing Souls/Gaslight Anthem producer Erik Kase Romero. In a press release, singer/guitarist Luk Henderiks says, "'Standing On The Corner' is about taking on challenges head first and redirecting anxious energy into hope. This is a song built on a moment of change, encapsulated by a decision to leave a suburban past and dive into city life." Check it out below.