Car Seat Headrest, a loud Xmas antidote!
Posted by: Bruce Woodhouse on 19 December 2016
Car Seat Headrest 'Teens of Denial' sits high up a lot of published 'Best of 2016' lists. I generally buy one or two albums from lists such as these from NPR All Songs or Pitchforkmedia which are a bit out of my usual comfort zone and that certainly applies to this album.
It is a loud and energetic indie rock album with very obvious nods to Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana (one track possibly breaks the copyright of 'Teen Spirit') and even a bit of Pink Floyd. All done rather well with some unpredictable musical constructions, good song writing and a vaguely consistent story of teenage isolation and self discovery.
It won't be a daily listen for me, but it will be on loud on my car when I need to keep awake or domestically when I need to wash away the Xmas schmaltz for example. Not that we actually have much exposure to that in our Xmas-free home!
Consider this my Xmas gift to the Forum in a year when it has been fun to share some new music and find others here have picked it up and also enjoyed it.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a...673-teens-of-denial/
http://www.metacritic.com/musi...al/car-seat-headrest
Bruce