New York’s Parent Teacher has shared a new single, ‘Eight Cents’, along with a lyric video.

The song comes from his forthcoming four-track EP, ‘Celestial Mom’, due in spring 2027 through Wilbur & Moore Records. Having spent much of his previous work pointing out the absurdities of the world around him, Parent Teacher has decided to turn the tables on himself. ‘Eight Cents’ deals with the rather embarrassing business of wanting people to like you while wishing you didn’t care quite so much.

“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,” he 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.”

The song has plenty of chorus-heavy guitar, with bass and drum machines keeping things moving. It’s another addition to a catalogue that has wandered between indie rock, acoustic punk and electronic music. Earlier this year, Parent Teacher released ‘Tricks for Meds’, which drew more heavily on ’90s alternative rock and pop-punk.