Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
Double Album 2LP Black Vinyl Records
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The Scholars is the fourteenth studio album by American indie rock band Car Seat Headrest, released in May 2025 via Matador Records.
The first studio album from Car Seat Headrest in five years, ‘The Scholars.’
From Shakespeare to Mozart to classical opera, Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo pulled from the classics when devising the lyrics and story arc of ‘The Scholars,’ while the music draws, carefully, from classic rock story song cycles such as The Who’s ‘Tommy’ and David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust.’
“One thing that can be a struggle with rock operas is that the individual songs kind of get sacrificed for the flow of the plot,” Toledo notes. “I didn’t want to sacrifice that to make a very fluid narrative. And so this is sort of a middle ground where each song can be a character and it’s like each one is coming out on center stage and they have their song and dance”.
While Car Seat Headrest started as Toledo’s solo project, the four-piece is now fully a band. “What we’ve been doing more of in recent years is just taking the pulses of each other.” says Toledo. “It didn’t really feel to me like things got in sync in an inner feeling way until this record, with that internal communal energy. And it’s become that band feeling for me in a much more realized way. That’s been a big journey.”
It is a journey that listeners will want to embark on again and again as they absorb and discover the rich depths and clanging resonances of ‘The Scholars.’
The album is supported by release of three singles; "Gethsemane", "CCF (I'm Gonna Stay With You)", and "The Catastrophe”.
This double album 2LP record set is on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with a 28 page booklet, pressed in the US via Matador Records.
(21295)
Tracklisting:
No. |
Track |
Time |
A1 |
CCF (I'm Gonna Stay with You) |
8:11 |
A2 |
Devereaux |
4:30 |
B3 |
Lady Gay Approximately |
3:47 |
B4 |
The Catastrophe (Good Luck with That, Man) |
5:28 |
B5 |
Equals |
4:11 |
C6 |
Gethsemane |
10:51 |
C7 |
Reality |
11:14 |
D8 |
Planet Desperation |
18:52 |
D9 |
True/False Lover |
3:28 |
SKU | 21295 |
Record Label | Matador Records |
Label / Model # | Independent |
Catalogue Number | OLE2132LP |
Country | US - United States |
Release Date (Year) | 02 May 2025 |
Original Release Date (Year) | 02 May 2025 |
Barcode # | 191401213219 |
Shipping Weight | 0.7000kg |
Shipping Width | 0.010m |
Shipping Height | 0.314m |
Shipping Length | 0.314m |
Shipping Cubic | 0.000986000m3 |
Type | New |
Format | Limited Edition Double Album 2LP Records, Black Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, 28 Page Booklet |
Vinyl Colour | Black |
Format | VINYL LP |
Genre | Rock & Popular |
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