“It’s stellar — an unflagging glam-rock opus that surpasses the original.”<\/p>\n
—People,<\/em> Feb. 28, 2018<\/p>\n “Car Seat Headrest has\u00a0produced an excellent album that perfectly encompasses the fears that come with realizing the often-dark reality that is adulthood, while alluding to the singer\u2019s hope for the future.”<\/p>\n –Gianluca Yong Gonzalez on Chicago Maroon<\/em>, Feb. 26, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “…he’s issued an important cover version. Will Toledo has covered Smash Mouth.”<\/p>\n –Lauren O’Neill on Noisey<\/em>, Feb. 22, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “It’s an incredibly vulnerable and autobiographical album, but Toledo wanted to show his intensity and fervor. He wanted to show these emotions in a different form, and ultimately, he succeeded on every level.”<\/p>\n –Grant Sharples in Vox Magazine<\/em>, Feb. 21, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Despite Toledo\u2019s Virginia upbringing and current base of operations in Seattle, Car Seat Headrest sound for all the world like part of a grand college rock tradition starting in New England and heading westward: Talking Heads, The Modern Lovers, Pixies, They Might be Giants.”<\/p>\n –Adam Blyweiss on Treble<\/em>, Feb. 20, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “The best part of Car Seat Headrest\u2019s new (old) album,\u00a0Twin Fantasy<\/em> is that it manages to convert the mundane into the grandiose, and the grandiose into the mundane.”<\/p>\n –Seth Stevens on 90.7 the Capstone<\/em> (Univ. of Alabama), Feb. 20, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Toledo has not just developed into a fantastic songwriter, but one of the best in his entire generation.”<\/p>\n –Nate Bramel in Vinyl Magazine<\/em>, Feb. 19, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Rarely does a piece of music encompass so much raw emotion with such relatability in such a satisfied way; while retaining ambitious but clear structures and displaying instrumentally depth and complexity.”<\/p>\n –Ed Cunningham in The 405<\/em>, Feb. 19, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Somehow Toledo has managed to break the shackles to create a euphoric, festival-ready rock ‘n’ roll record while still maintaining the scuzzy, boy next door, coming-of-age angst that deservedly won him such a unique blend of cult and critical acclaim.”<\/p>\n –George O’Brien in London in Stereo<\/em>, Feb. 19, 2018<\/p>\n “…the last time any piece of music resonated so powerfully with me was when I came across some amateur Bandcamp album called ‘Twin Fantasy.'”<\/p>\n –Alberto on Highclouds<\/em>, Feb. 18, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “There is a daring quality to frontman Will Toledo\u2019s songwriting.\u00a0”<\/p>\n –Martin Douglas on KEXP<\/em> (Seattle), Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “With the new Twin Fantasy<\/em>, Toledo has done the unimaginable: created a reboot that matches its original in tone, passion, and excitement…Grade: A”<\/p>\n –David Brusie on A.V. Club<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “This is an album to fall in love with, one that feels like a genuine discovery<\/i>.”<\/p>\n –Max James Hill on Northern Transmissions<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Even as he looks back, Toledo is moving forward.”<\/p>\n –Jeremy Winograd on Slant Magazine<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “In a reworking of the band’s lo-fi cult sixth album, Will Toledo subtly polishes the Car Seat Headrest sound to make a good record great.”<\/p>\n –Finbarr Bermingham on The Skinny<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Twin Fantasy leaves no doubt that Toledo is a strikingly gifted and thoughtful songwriter, who also has a firm grasp of how to make his material work in the studio and isn’t afraid to think on a grand scale.”<\/p>\n –Mark Deming on AllMusic<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “…Car Seat Headrest increasingly feel like a significant band, and Toledo like an unusual and compelling voice.”<\/p>\n –Michael Hann on The Guardian<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “This honest and uncompromising reflection of teenage uncertainty and self-doubt feels like Toledo\u2019s reflection on his younger self, re-imagined and now guided by and older, enlightened self.”<\/p>\n –Georgia Evans on GIGsoup<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “The result, really, is somewhere close to how a \u2018Twin Fantasy\u2019 live album might have turned out sounding…”<\/p>\n –Joe Goggins on Loud and Quiet<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Listen to Car Seat Headrest\u2019s New Album Twin Fantasy”<\/p>\n –Michelle Kim on Pitchfork<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “…a blistering rock record of tremendous scope and heft, richly detailed and overflowing with memorable melodies. It is Car Seat Headrest\u2019s first masterpiece.”<\/p>\n –J. Edward Keyes on bandcamp daily<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “These lyrical alterations make for a cool effect, as if we\u2019re seeing the evolution of Will Toledo over the past seven years play out in recorded form.”<\/p>\n –Ben Salmon on Paste<\/em>, Feb. 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Here It Is, Smash Mouth Covering Car Seat Headrest”<\/p>\n –Gabriela Tully Claymore on Stereogum<\/em>, Feb. 15, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “That Car Seat Headrest and Smash Mouth reciprocal covers project is actually happening”<\/p>\n –Jay Gabler on The Current<\/em> (Minnesota Public Radio), Feb. 14, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Car Seat Headrest and Smash Mouth’s long-rumored collaboration arrives this Thursday”<\/p>\n –Randall Colburn on Consequence of Sound<\/em>, Feb. 13, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “It started as some mutual admiration and turned into a real-life collaboration, and on Thursday all hell will break loose when Smash Mouth and Car Seat Headrest\u2019s covers of each other\u2019s songs will be released.”<\/p>\n –James Rettig on Stereogum<\/em>, Feb. 13, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “…this record \u2013 even the longest tracks \u2013 is punchy, witty and razor sharp.”<\/p>\n –Finbarr Bermingham on The Skinny<\/em>, Feb. 13, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “New artist of the week: Car Seat Headrest”<\/p>\n –Niall Byrne on The Irish Times<\/em>, Feb. 10, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Howard Stern has recruited artists like Garbage, Billy Corgan, Car Seat Headrest and Greta Van Fleet to record David Bowie songs for an all-star tribute to the late icon.”<\/p>\n –Daniel Kreps in Rolling Stone<\/em>, Feb. 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Artists that contributed covers to the program include Car Seat Headrest<\/a> (‘Ashes to Ashes’), Garbage (‘Starman’), Billy Corgan (‘Space Oddity’), Bleachers (‘Ziggy Stardust’), Jade Bird (‘Quicksand’), and more.”<\/p>\n –Noah Yoo on Pitchfork<\/em>, Feb. 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “The atypical anatomy of \u201cAshes to Ashes\u201d isn\u2019t lost on Will Toledo, frontman for Seattle-based indie rock band Car Seat Headrest, which covered the cut for the Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie.”<\/p>\n —howardstern.com, Feb. 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Car Seat Headrest<\/a> have shared a new track called ‘My Boy (Twin Fantasy)<\/a>.'”<\/p>\n –Braudie Blais-Billie on Pitchfork<\/em>, Feb. 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “The latest track to be reworked is the album’s opener, ‘My Boy,’ and pardon the repetition, but boy, oh boy does it sound better.”<\/p>\n –Sophie Israelsohn on Stereogum<\/em>, Feb. 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “Car Seat Headrest: Locals Only Artist of the Month, February 2018”<\/p>\n —107.7 The End<\/em> (Seattle), Feb. 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n “It’s a level of maturity and worldly awareness that belies his age, Toledo’s lyrical precociousness amounting to something of an indie rock Rimbaud.”<\/p>\n –Cole Waterman on Pop Matters<\/em>, Feb. 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “It’s stellar — an unflagging glam-rock opus that surpasses the original.” —People, Feb. 28, 2018 “Car Seat Headrest has\u00a0produced an excellent album that perfectly encompasses the fears that come with realizing the often-dark reality that is adulthood, while alluding to the singer\u2019s hope for the future.” –Gianluca Yong Gonzalez on Chicago Maroon, Feb. 26, 2018 … Continue reading “Car Seat Headrest in the news – Feb. 2018”<\/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-2015","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\/2015","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=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notesnletters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}