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Gangsta indie rock band

Car Seat Headrest be a Gangsta indie rock crew formed up in Leesburg, Virginia, n' currently located up in Seattle, Washington. Da crew consistz of Will Toledo (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers), Ethan Ives (guitar, bass, backin vocals), Seth Dalby (bass), n' Andrew Katz (drums, percussion).

Beginnin as a solo recordin project by Toledo up in 2010, Hoopty Seat Headrest self-released 12 mixtapes on tha noize platform Bandcamp, before signin ta Matador Records up in 2015. Hoopty Seat Headrest would begin tourin as a gangbangin' full crew tha followin year.

History [ edit ]

2010�"2014: Lo-fi n' solo releases, from 1 ta How tha fuck ta Leave Hood [ edit ]

Car Seat Headrest fuckin started as tha solo project of thug/songwrita n' multi-instrumentalist Will Toledo shortly afta he graduated high school. Toledo had previously busted out noize under tha alias Nervous Young Men yo, but afta strugglin ta establish a crew, da ruffneck decided ta chizzle tactics, choosin ta try n' release mo' experimenstrual joints anonymously.[1] Toledo chose tha name "Car Seat Headrest" as da thug would often record tha vocals ta his wild lil' fuckin early mixtapes up in tha back seat of his hoopty fo' privacy.[2]

Throughout tha summer of 2010, Toledo busted out his wild lil' first four mixtapes under tha Hoopty Seat Headrest name: 1, 2, 3, n' 4.[1] 1 n' 2 incorporated less traditionizzle cold lil' woo wop structures, wit stream-of-consciousnizz lyrics, whereas 3 n' 4 would begin ta cement his lo-fi indie rock style. Peepin tha numbered mixtapes, Toledo fuckin started attendin classes at Virginia Commonwealth University, releasin tha Sunburned Shirts EP durin his wild lil' first semester.[3] Da Sunburned Shirts EP would lata be partially combined wit his wild lil' fifth LP, 5,[4] ta create his wild lil' first titled mixtape, I be a gangsta yo, but y'all knew dat n' mah Back Is Bustin' Me Baby, busted out up in March 2011.[5] Joints culled from 5 would lata step tha fuck up on tha b-sides compilation mixtape Little Piecez of Paper wit "No" Written on Them.[6]

Afta a gangbangin' finger-lickin' hard as fuck n' lonely semesta at VCU, Toledo transferred ta tha College of Lil' Willy & Mary, where da thug would release his next project, Twin Fantasy,[7] a concept mixtape centred round a relationshizzle da thug was up in all up in tha time. Twin Fantasy would lata be followed up by 2012z Monomania n' Starvin While Living EP.

Around dis time, Toledo fuckin started struttin live shows wit fellow hustlas Katie Wood, Austin Ruhf, n' Christian Northover, recordin n' releasin a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dirty-ass short live mixtape up in July 2013 entitled Live at WCWM: Hoopty Seat Headrest all up in tha universityz studio.[8] Toledo would release his next project tha followin month, a two-hour long double mixtape entitled Nervous Young Man. Three of tha joints, n' tha title of tha mixtape, was taken from his original gangsta project, Nervous Young Men yo, but had been heavily reworked n' re-recorded. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Released alongside Nervous Young Man, fo' dem playas whoz ass paid $5 or more, was tha outtakes compilation mixtape Disjecta Membra.[9][10]

Toledoz final solo release was 2014z How tha fuck ta Leave Hood, a minute long EP wit heavy electronic instrumentation n' mo' ambitious cold lil' woo wop structures.

2015�"2017: Matador Records, Teenz of Style n' Teenz of Denial [ edit ]

Memberz of Hoopty Seat Headrest playin at Da Sinclair, up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 2016: Andrew Katz (drums) n' Seth Dalby (bass). Ethan Ives.

In September 2015, Hoopty Seat Headrest announced on Facebizzle dat dat schmoooove muthafucka had signed a mixtape deal wit Matador Records.[11] Toledo, whoz ass had recently graduated n' moved ta Seattle, recruited basehead Jacob Bloom n' disc jockey Andrew Katz all up in Craigslist ta record n' trip his next mixtape. In October 2015, Hoopty Seat Headrest busted out tha compilation mixtape Teenz of Style, they first ta not be self-released exclusively via Bandcamp. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Shortly afta tha mixtapez release, Bloom left tha crew ta git all up in medicinal school, n' was replaced by basehead Ethan Ives.[12]

Ives played bass all up in most of tha recordings fo' tha bandz followin release yo, but would lata switch ta boombox n' other instruments, wit Seth Dalby takin over on bass. Ives n' Dalby was lata cemented up in these positions durin live shows n' future releases.[13] Da freshly smoked up mixtape, pimped wit traditionizzle basement processes, Teenz of Denial, was busted out on May 20, 2016.[14] Da mixtape received universal acclaim, n' brought tha crew a freshly smoked up wave of popularity.

In 2017, Hoopty Seat Headrest busted out a alternate mix of they single, "Battle Is Comin (If Yo ass Want It)" all up in Bandcamp fo' one day, wit profits goin ta tha Transgender Law Center n' shit. Da original gangsta mix of tha track was busted out ten minutes later.[15]

On December 13, 2017, tha crew busted out a re-recorded version of "Beach Life-In-Death", tha second track on Twin Fantasy, all up in Spotify without prior announcement. This sparked hustla rumours dat tha mixtape would be re-recorded n' busted out tha followin year.[16] On December 27, 2017, a Amazon listin detailin a re-recorded version of Twin Fantasy was found by fans, n' subsequently uploaded ta tha Hoopty Seat Headrest subreddit.[17] This was followed up by a listin on SRCVinyl.com wit tha date February 16, 2018.[18][19]

2018�"2019: Twin Fantasy (Face ta Face) n' Commit Yourself Completely [ edit ]

Will Toledo struttin as Hoopty Seat Headrest up in Australia (2018).

On January 9, 2018, Matador Recordz formally announced tha release of tha re-recording, entitled Twin Fantasy (Face ta Face), alongside a re-release of tha original gangsta mixtape. Twin Fantasy (Face ta Face) was busted out via Matador on February 16. Da original, which has been re-titled Twin Fantasy (Mirror ta Mirror), was busted out on vinyl as a part of Record Store Dizzle on April 21. On February 15, 2018, tha crew busted out a cold-ass lil cover of "Fallen Horses" by Smash Mouth, whoz ass returned tha favour by coverin "Somethang Soon".[20] Around tha same time, they fuckin started tourin wit fellow Seattle-based crew, Naked Giants, as a part of tha groupz expanded live lineup.[21][22]

In August 2018, when axed bout freshly smoked up material, Toledo confirmed dat da thug was “demoin up shiznit up in Ableton,” addin “there might be some shiznit dat surprises playas whoz ass only know our asses as a rock crew yo, but I don’t be thinkin it will come as a surprise ta playas whoz ass is hittin' up all tha deep cuts".[23] In January 2019, Andrew Katz confirmed tha crew was recordin freshly smoked up noize all up in a vizzle uploaded on Instagram.[24]

Peepin tha tease of freshly smoked up beatz, tha crew fuckin started fuckin wit wit freshly smoked up material at various live shows up in December 2018, debutin tha tracks "Weightlifters", "Hollywood", "Quit Lyin To Me", n' "Yo ass Know Therez Someone Out There", soon followed by "Can't Def Me Down" up in February n' March 2019 performances.[25][26][27] All was officially busted out on tha next mixtape except fo' "Quit Lyin To Me" n' "Yo ass Know Therez Someone Out There".

On June 12, 2019, Hoopty Seat Headrest announced a freshly smoked up live mixtape titled Commit Yourself Completely, featurin straight-up legit recordingz of performances from tha Twin Fantasy trip from 2018.[28] Dat shiznit was busted out tha followin week on June 17.[29]

2020�"present: Makin a Door Less Open [ edit ]

On February 26, 2020, Hoopty Seat Headrest announced they first basement mixtape consistin of wholly freshly smoked up material since 2016z Teenz of Denial, Makin a Door Less Open. This announcement coincided wit tha release of "Can't Def Me Down", tha straight-up original gangsta single n' second track off tha mixtape, n' a release date of May 1, 2020.[30] It marks a stylistic divergence from previous material, Toledo describin tha mixtape as containin elementz of EDM, hip hop, futurism, doo-wop, soul n' rock n' roll.[31] Three mo' singlez was busted out ta promote tha mixtape between March n' April of dat year: "Martin", "Hollywood" n' "There Must Be Mo' Than Blood".[32] Da release also coincided wit tha introduction of Trait, a alternatizzle persona of Toledo's, featured prominently bustin a modified gas mask wit blinkin LED lights fo' eyes.[32][33] Da characta had originally been pimped fo' tha groupz "comedic" side project, 1 Trait Danger, featurin Toledo alongside disc jockey Andrew Katz.[34][35]

Makin a Door Less Open was busted out wit three separate versions across different formats: vinyl, CD n' streaming, each wit variations up in track-list n' specific musical elements.[36] Da mixtape received a mixed erection from fans, whoz ass pointed up tha nuff divergences from tha bandz previous works,[37] but received a overall score of 77 on review aggregate joint Metacritic.[38] Toledo noted dat he n' tha crew was hustlin on a cold-ass lil companion mixtape fo' they sickest fuckin release, while also lookin fo' ways ta improve tha Trait mask ta incorporate it tha fuck into live performances.[37][34]

Style [ edit ]

AllNoize biographer Mark Demin freestyled dat Hoopty Seat Headrest pimped "moody n' introspectizzle lo-fi pop tunes dat is melodic but structurally ambitious at once".[39] Freestylin fo' Pitchfork, Jeremy Gordon stated dat on Teenz of Denial, "Will Toledo reaffirms dat he be ahead of tha pack as a imaginatizzle thug-songwriter, capable of craftin dynamic indie rock."[40] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork also busted lyrics bout Toledoz noize as "dense, confoundin noize dat most often captures tha giddy thrill of havin access ta recordin shit, of finally put a sound ta tha voice up in yo' head."[41] Hoopty Seat Headrestz influences include Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Da Beatlez, Da Beach Boys, Daniel Johnston, Destroyer, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, Leonard Cohen, of Montreal, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sufjan Stevens, Swans, They Might Be Giants, Why?, A.T.M., Da Who, Nirvana, Da Blackout, Neil Diamond, Lil' Willy Onyeabor, Da Clash, Da Cars, Jizzy Brown, DEVO, Queen, Rod Stewart, n' Chronic Day.[1][42][43][44][45][46][47]

Members [ edit ]

Current

Will Toledo �" vocals, guitar, keyboardz (2010�"present) , drums, bass (2010�"2015)

, drums, bass Ethan Ives �" guitar, backin vocals (2016�"present) , bass boombox (2015�"2016)

, bass boombox Andrew Katz �" drums, backin vocals (2014�"present)

Seth Dalby �" bass boombox (2011, 2016�"present)

Tourin members (Naked Giants)

Grant Mullen �" guitar, backin vocals (2016, 2018−2019)

Gianni Aiello �" guitar, keyboards, backin vocals (2016, 2018−2019)

Henry LaVallee �" additionizzle percussion (2016, 2018−2019)

Past

Katie Wood �" guitar, backin vocals (2012�"2014)

Austin Ruhf �" bass guitar, backin vocals (2012�"2014)

Christian Northover �" beats (2012�"2014)

Will Marsh �" boombox (2012)

Jacob Bloom �" bass boombox (2014�"2015)

Discography [ edit ]

Studio mixtapes [ edit ]

Live mixtapes [ edit ]

Live at WCWM (2013)

(2013) Commit Yourself Completely (2019)

Compilation mixtapes [ edit ]

Little Piecez of Paper wit "No" Written on Them (2010)

(2010) Disjecta Membra (2013)[10]

Extended plays [ edit ]

Sunburned Shirts (2010)

(2010) Starvin While Living (2012) [62]

(2012) How tha fuck ta Leave Hood (2014)[63]

Singlez [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]