“I never came out to my friends… They were all on Skype”, he mumbles over driving guitar and frenetic drumming, his bedroom rock retooled and updated as anthemic ballads of teenage confusion. The standards are high, and the band does not disappoint.įrontman Will Toledo’s cripplingly introspective, detailed lyrics pick apart both unrequited love and the terrors of an increasingly modern age with a charmingly awkward flourish. The album has a lot to live up to after 2016’s sensational Teens of Denial – an album of compact, hooky rock tunes such as ‘Fill in The Blank’ and ambitious, lengthy songs like ‘Cosmic Hero’. The song is from Car Seat Headrest‘s upcoming Twin Fantasy, a reimagining of a 2011 Bandcamp favourite, that promises to be a glossier, more accessible version of the original whilst keeping its low fidelity charm intact.
‘Beach Life-in-Death”s sprawling, 13-minute runtime has a lot to tell you.