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Parent Teacher Looks Inward on Eight Cents Ahead of Celestial Mom EP

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4 days ago

November 11, 2026

Parent Teacher, wearing a black cap, glasses, and a blue and yellow varsity jacket, sitting and making a peace sign in front of a colorful mural on a wood-paneled wall.

Parent Teacher sitting in front of a colorful mural, making a peace sign. Photo by Kate Menard.

Parent Teacher usually aims his songs at a ridiculous world, but Eight Cents turns the lens on the songwriter himself, pairing an existential crisis about being liked with upbeat dad rock riffs ahead of the Celestial Mom EP due in Spring 2027.

New York City based artist Parent Teacher today has announced his new EP Celestial Mom, due out 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.

“Eight Cents” is out now.

Celestial Mom — Track Listing
1. Eight Cents
2. Daylight
3. Idiot
4. Keys To The Castle

Parent Teacher Bio:

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.

MorMor’s ‘No One Alive Will Listen’ Is Out Now, With a 2027 Tour Across Europe and North America

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2 days ago

November 13, 2026

We Speak Media

Black-and-white portrait of MorMor wearing a hooded puffer jacket, looking up toward the light.

Toronto’s MorMor has a new album in the world and a tour to take it on the road. No One Alive Will Listen, out now via Promised Land Records, closes its run-up with the final single “Ecstacy” and a run of European and US dates for 2027 that begins in London in January.

LISTEN: “Ecstacy” | No One Alive Will Listen

Toronto artist and multi-instrumentalist MorMor released his new album No One Alive Will Listen via Promised Land Records on October 30th, sharing a final single “Ecstacy” ahead of the album release. “Ecstacy” captures the magnetic pull of destructive patterns, exploring the fine line between desire and self-destruction, and the ways we can become addicted to the very things that unravel us.

Speaking about “Ecstacy,” MorMor shares, “The song draws a parallel between addiction and a person, less about substance itself and more about an addiction to chaos, to traumatic love, and that kind of emotional intensity. At the same time, it marked a shift for me sonically. I leaned into more modern production rather than shying away from it, exploring new technology and textures I might have avoided before for being too on-the-nose. It was about embracing that instinct instead of resisting it.”

Alongside the final single MorMor announces a run of European and US tour dates for 2027. Beginning in London in January and continuing on to Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and more the tour then heads to North America for dates across Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Find full tour routing below.

MorMor’s album No One Alive Will Listen releasing via Promised Land Records was recorded between London, Toronto, and at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La studios. The album is punchy, spacious, gentle, and richly textured. The new song also follows support of the album from Vince Staples who played MorMor’s previous track “Like Heaven” featuring Celeste on his Apple Radio show.

The album moves through sleek and confident electronic pop into moments of pure devastation, offering a cross-examination of Nyquist’s psyche and delving deep under his skin as he asks probing questions about the patterns of his life. Speaking about No One Alive Will Listen MorMor shares, “This album captures a time where I felt very alienated. I had felt hopelessly misunderstood. Within me was a desire for love, but I had looked for it in the wrong places. At first there was chaos, an old version of me was forced to perish, and then beauty slowly arose.”

The new track follows previous singles, “Hard To Say Goodbye”, “Hurt You”, “Dawn 2”, “Don’t Need It” and “Touch” as well as a the previously mentioned collaboration with Celeste on “Like Heaven”. Celeste’s contribution to “Like Heaven” emerged entirely unplanned, as she ended up joining the session and recording her vocal on the spot, capturing a raw, immediate energy that couldn’t be recreated. Other collaborators on the album include producers Hudson Mohawke (Ye, ANOHNI), Jack Peñate (SAULT), and Russell Boring (JOBA/Brockhampton) alongside Kane Ritchotte (Haim, Portugal. The Man), John Keek (Dijon, Mk.gee, Vegyn), and Caleb Laven (Frank Ocean, SZA, Joy Again).

Following two acclaimed EPs – Heaven’s Only Wishful in 2018 and Some Place Else in 2019 – his debut album Semblance (2022) was by turns contemplative, jittery, wistful, gentle, and generous. His distinctive voice – a svelte tenor that sits comfortably higher in pitch – leaps out of the speakers, alighting over the sturdy bass lines, guitar riffs, and drums he played himself. Celebrated for his unique blend of indie pop, R&B, and dreamlike synth textures, the artist soon cemented his reputation for emotionally rich soundscapes marked by vulnerability and sonic depth.

MorMor has garnered attention across the media landscape, earning praise and support from press outlets such as The Observer, The Times, The Fader, Pitchfork, NPR, Hypebeast, Pigeons & Planes, Wonderland, NME, Dazed, CLASH, DIY, The Line of Best Fit, PAPER, High Snobiety & more. On the airwaves, his music has been spun on the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music, Apple Music 1 and NTS, with love from tastemakers including Jack Saunders, Jamz Supernova and Matt Wilkinson.

As a live phenomenon, MorMor has embarked on major headline tours across the US, UK and Europe, and has played festivals such as Field Day, Primavera Sound and Pitchfork Festival.

Listen to “Ecstacy” above, find album details below and stay tuned for more from MorMor coming soon.

Tour Dates

1/28 – London, UK @ ICA, London
1/29 – Paris, FR @ Le Point Éphémère
1/30 – Brussels @ Botanique
1/31 – Amsterdam @ Tolhuistuin
2/2 – Berlin @ Lark
2/4 – Istanbul @ Blind
2/23 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
2/24 – Montreal @ Bar Le Ritz
2/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere Zone 1
2/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

MorMor
No One Alive Will Listen
Promised Land Records
October 30th, 2026
Don’t Need It
Like Heaven (feat. Celeste)
Hurt You
Hard To Say Goodbye
Dawn 2 Interlude
Dawn 2
Ecstasy
It’s Alright
Hold
Wish I Had My Life Back
Touch
Erase Me
Open Wounds