Car Seat Headrest Debut 'Martin'

Car Seat Headrest share a new song, "Martin," today-listen and watch the band-made lyric video, with bandleader Will Toledo in character as Trait, below!

The track, one of Toledo's favorite songs he's ever written, is taken from the band's forthcoming new album Making A Door Less Open, set for release May 1 on Matador Records.

Created over the course of four years, Making a Door Less Open is the result of a fruitful "collaboration" between Car Seat Headrest, led by Will Toledo, and 1 Trait Danger, a CSH electronic side project consisting of drummer Andrew Katz and Toledo's alternate persona, Trait.

Making A Door Less Open-Car Seat Headrest's first set of brand new songs since 2016's Teens Of Denial-sees Toledo embarking on new and imaginative roads to songwriting and recording, placing emphasis on the individual songs, each with its own "special energy," rather than attempting to draw a coherent storyteller narrative through the album as he has in the past, resulting in his most dynamic and open-ended work to date.

Read a statement from Toledo, as Trait, here. Listen to the first track released from the album, "Can't Cool Me Down," which Rolling Stone praised for its "shimmering synths" and Stereogum noted "offer a glimpse at the different sonic territory of Making A Door Less Open," here.

The band have postponed their MASS MoCA show originally scheduled for April to September 4, due to the spread of COVID-19. Read a statement from Toledo here.

Comprised of Will Toledo, Andrew Katz (drums), Ethan Ives (guitar) and Seth Dalby (bass), Car Seat Headrest has either released 11 or three albums to date, depending on the way you look at it. A prolific songwriter, Toledo took his moniker from making early recordings in the private environment of his family's car, releasing a dozen self-recorded and produced albums on Bandcamp and building a tight-knit following. Toledo has since gone from an empty five-seater to selling out tours and filling festival main stages. 2015's Teens of Style was a collection of songs from his early years. The band's proper Matador debut, Teens of Denial, followed in 2016 and catapulted them to overnight commercial success and widespread critical acclaim, as well as highlighting Toledo as a prodigious lyricist. 2018's Twin Fantasy, an epic re-imagination of an album originally released in 2011, demonstrated newfound scale, depth and ambition.

Preorder physical formats, with distinct mixes for digital, CD and vinyl, here.

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