“Car Seat Headrest’s The Scholars is the band’s most cohesive album to date, an equal effort from a bicoastal four-piece band that, even though they’ve been based in Seattle for over a decade, have a sound that isn’t rooted in any one region. If anything, Car Seat Headrest is 21st century Americana, putting out anthemic earworms and epic-length epics of survival during these [fill-in-the-blank] times. The Scholars is the Triumphant Return for a band felled by Covid-19 mid-tour in 2022.”
–Katie Kurtz on Bandcamp, May 15, 2025
“Julie Bee, host of Amplified on Marfa Public Radio joins NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson to talk through Car Seat Headrest’s return…”