Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars (2LP)
a bold rock opera that isn’t just a new chapter for the premiere standard bearers of young internet rockers but also a spiritual rebirth and the band’s first studio album in five years.while 'the scholars' has some of the most expansive car seat headrest songs to date, including the nearly 19-minute long ‘planet desperation’, and opener ‘ccf (i’m gonna stay with you)’, they know how to make each part of the journey compelling, filling the runtimes with unexpected turns and enervating hooks. and moments like the jaunty ‘the catastrophe (good luck with that man)’ show they haven’t lost their ability to write a short-and-sweet single that chimes like classic ‘60s folk pop, updated for the present. having gone through their trials, car seat headrest are now ready for the next chapter in their career. it will astonish both longtime supporters and new fans. while car seat headrest started as toledo's solo project, it is now fully a band. “what we've been doing more of in recent years is just taking the pulses of each other. we’ve really been leaning into that sort of cocoon that started off with the pandemic years and just turned into this special space that we were creating all on our own,” says toledo. “i was coming out of it as a solo project and it always just felt like it was in pieces. there's the album we're working on, and then there's a live show that we're doing, and then there's everything in between. and it didn't really feel to me like things got in sync in an inner feeling way until this record, with that internal communal energy. and it's become that band feeling for me in a much more realized way. that's been a big journey.” it is a journey that listeners will want to embark on again and again as they absorb and discover the rich depths and clanging resonances of 'the scholars'.
a bold rock opera that isn’t just a new chapter for the premiere standard bearers of young internet rockers but also a spiritual rebirth and the band’s first studio album in five years.while 'the scholars' has some of the most expansive car seat headrest songs to date, including the nearly 19-minute long ‘planet desperation’, and opener ‘ccf (i’m gonna stay with you)’, they know how to make each part of the journey compelling, filling the runtimes with unexpected turns and enervating hooks. and moments like the jaunty ‘the catastrophe (good luck with that man)’ show they haven’t lost their ability to write a short-and-sweet single that chimes like classic ‘60s folk pop, updated for the present. having gone through their trials, car seat headrest are now ready for the next chapter in their career. it will astonish both longtime supporters and new fans. while car seat headrest started as toledo's solo project, it is now fully a band. “what we've been doing more of in recent years is just taking the pulses of each other. we’ve really been leaning into that sort of cocoon that started off with the pandemic years and just turned into this special space that we were creating all on our own,” says toledo. “i was coming out of it as a solo project and it always just felt like it was in pieces. there's the album we're working on, and then there's a live show that we're doing, and then there's everything in between. and it didn't really feel to me like things got in sync in an inner feeling way until this record, with that internal communal energy. and it's become that band feeling for me in a much more realized way. that's been a big journey.” it is a journey that listeners will want to embark on again and again as they absorb and discover the rich depths and clanging resonances of 'the scholars'.
a bold rock opera that isn’t just a new chapter for the premiere standard bearers of young internet rockers but also a spiritual rebirth and the band’s first studio album in five years.while 'the scholars' has some of the most expansive car seat headrest songs to date, including the nearly 19-minute long ‘planet desperation’, and opener ‘ccf (i’m gonna stay with you)’, they know how to make each part of the journey compelling, filling the runtimes with unexpected turns and enervating hooks. and moments like the jaunty ‘the catastrophe (good luck with that man)’ show they haven’t lost their ability to write a short-and-sweet single that chimes like classic ‘60s folk pop, updated for the present. having gone through their trials, car seat headrest are now ready for the next chapter in their career. it will astonish both longtime supporters and new fans. while car seat headrest started as toledo's solo project, it is now fully a band. “what we've been doing more of in recent years is just taking the pulses of each other. we’ve really been leaning into that sort of cocoon that started off with the pandemic years and just turned into this special space that we were creating all on our own,” says toledo. “i was coming out of it as a solo project and it always just felt like it was in pieces. there's the album we're working on, and then there's a live show that we're doing, and then there's everything in between. and it didn't really feel to me like things got in sync in an inner feeling way until this record, with that internal communal energy. and it's become that band feeling for me in a much more realized way. that's been a big journey.” it is a journey that listeners will want to embark on again and again as they absorb and discover the rich depths and clanging resonances of 'the scholars'.