CAR SEAT HEADREST - Deadlines (Hostile)

Car Seat Headrest – Making A Door Less Open (Matador)

On Making A Door Less Open’s opening track, Will Toledo attests, “I believe that thoughts can change your body.” What follows is the result of much hard thinking about how to alter the substance of Car Seat Headrest. Often Toledo and his bandmates do so by building an electronic exoskeleton into the hearty alternative rock that made them indie-famous, lending a different sort of oomph to all the howling choruses and clever, sardonic observations. The sum total of their efforts is a thrilling left turn from a deeply consistent yet wildly unpredictable band. –Chris