“Their haunting melodies adhere themselves to your inner ear and leave you deciding to just leave the album on loop for hours on end.”<\/p>\n
–Scott Castro on RVA Hub<\/em>, June 29, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Don’t miss indie rock band Car Seat Headrest.”<\/p>\n –Colleen Curran in Richmond Times Dispatch<\/em>, June 28, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Catch up with the Leesburg-born band ahead of their closeout performance at Friday Cheers on June 30”<\/p>\n –Robey Martin in Richmond Mag<\/em>, June 27, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “…one track from the record stood out for me and sparked something deep inside of me that few songs have before.”<\/p>\n —theindianindiehead<\/em>, June 22, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “‘His name is Ethan Ives and he plays in a band called Car Seat Headrest,’ she said casually.”<\/p>\n –Gabe Pollack on KEXP.org<\/em>, June 20, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Car Seat Headrest Juggling Criticism, Praise as a Young Band”<\/p>\n –Kristin M. Hall on Associated Press\u00a0News<\/em>, June 19, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “The twenty-something is able to reach back and pull out some of that late teen angst, turn it into a brilliant indie rock sound, and then throw in (sort of but not\u2026) covers here and there, making you scratch your head like whaaaat but then the end result is ‘OMG I love this.'”<\/p>\n –Brittany on Live Music Louisville<\/em>, June 19, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “…the band created a quintessential Bonnaroovian moment: everyone in the audience could relate to the excitement of a fantasy coming to fruition, so the tent\u2019s overflowing positivity \u2013 emanating equally powerfully from the band and their crowd \u2013 only enhanced Car Seat Headrest\u2019s already consistently superior indie rock chops.”<\/p>\n –David Brendan Hall on Consequence of Sound<\/em>, June 12, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Car Seat Headrest had one of the best sets of the festival. Keep an eye on Will Toledo, he is surely destined for even bigger things.”<\/p>\n –Chris Rutledge in American Songwriter<\/em>, June 10, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “A star was born on stage at This Tent Friday afternoon, and we’re not talking about indie-rockers Car Seat Headrest \u2014\u00a0though they’re among the most acclaimed acts to emerge from that world in the last few years.”<\/p>\n –Dave Paulson in The Tennessean<\/em>, June 9, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “The four-piece took to the stage with no ceremony, grabbed their instruments and proceeded to melt my face off with a blistering performance.”<\/p>\n –Joe Marvilli on No Ripcord<\/em>, June 9, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Toledo raps, under the stage name ‘Stoney Bologne,’ about how bullies pushed him into pools and kicked his face.”<\/p>\n –Grant Sharples on Paste<\/em>, June 8, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “After cheekily acknowledging the piece on Twitter yesterday, Toledo and his band have dropped what’s been described as “our new, on-point diss track.”<\/p>\n –Sarah Murphy on Exclaim!, June\u00a08, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Will Toledo shares his ‘brand new, on-point diss track’ after Sam Ray called his music ‘thoroughly bland'”<\/p>\n –Evan Minsker on Pitchfork<\/em>, June 7, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Ricky Eat Acid Shares Essay-Length Car Seat Headrest Takedown”<\/p>\n –Chris DeVille on Stereogum<\/em>, June 7, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Toledo\u2019s ‘Stoney Bologne’ is less of a diss track and more of a rambling joke-rap digression about being bullied in school…”<\/p>\n –Peter Helman on Stereogum<\/em>, June 7, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “…to be among a friendly group of people, all connecting, all exuding redemptive, therapeutic energy was inspirational.”<\/p>\n –Turner Walston on Argyle Creative Media<\/em>, June 6, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “From one of the top albums of 2016 \u2013 Teens of Denial<\/i> \u2013 Car Seat Headrest\u2019s Will Toledo sings about past lives, drugs, that guy he hates and well, being letdown by hippie culture, all with charged-up guitars and a crazy-good hook.”<\/p>\n –Anurag Tagat on Askmen India<\/em>, June 5, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Governor’s Ball After Dark — Car Seat Headrest”<\/p>\n —crowdalbum<\/em>, June 5, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Despite his shy demeanor, this anti-frontman\u2019s ability to mesmerize a room is a testament his solid songwriting, which was on full display tonight.”<\/p>\n –Audra Tracy on\u00a0The Waster<\/em>, June 4, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n “Mighty songs from a muscular band.”<\/p>\n –“All Songs Considered” on NPR<\/em>, June 1, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Their haunting melodies adhere themselves to your inner ear and leave you deciding to just leave the album on loop for hours on end.” –Scott Castro on RVA Hub, June 29, 2017 “Don’t miss indie rock band Car Seat Headrest.” –Colleen Curran in Richmond Times Dispatch, June 28, 2017 “Catch up with the Leesburg-born band … Continue reading “Car Seat Headrest in the news – June 2017”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-seat-headrest","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1797"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1843,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions\/1843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}