Album Reviews7/10
Car Seat Headrest’s ‘You Can Talk’ Review: Loud, Messy, and Worth It
A loud, messy debut of youth and volume, wherein a young artist seeks to make pop music feel like a summer drive.
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Album Reviews8/10
Car Seat Headrest’s ‘Leaving Town’ Demos Hold Up as Finished Statements
A demo album of old songs, rough and tender, that proves the voice of a young man carries weight even in a bedroom studio.
Album Reviews8/10
Car Seat Headrest’s ‘1’ Is a Rock Opera Disguised as a Bedroom Record
A rock opera disguised as a bedroom record, Car Seat Headrest's 1 balances intimacy and ambition across sixteen tracks.
Album Reviews8/10
Car Seat Headrest’s Private Confession Earns Its Painful Payoff
A record of extremes — quiet, tender moments sit beside bursts of noise, rewarding patience and punishing skimming alike.
Car Seat Headrest’s Teenage Fag Is a Tight Record About Getting Out
A record of seven songs, each one doing its job, about a young man getting out of a difficult phase of his life.
Album Reviews8/10
Car Seat Headrest’s 6: Ambition That Mostly Pays Off
Car Seat Headrest's sprawling double album 6 balances ambitious rock opera with raw emotional depth, mostly delivering on its grand ambitions.
Album Reviews8/10
Car Seat Headrest’s Teenage Confession Runs Long and Uneven on Twin Fantasy
A record of a teen mind, warts and all, wherein long tracks pay off and shorter ones merely fill space.
Album Reviews7/10
Car Seat Headrest’s Nervous Young Man Packs Two Hours Into One Album
A vast record of a nervous young man, holding pop, rock, and long passages within a single sprawling hour.
Album Reviews7/10
Car Seat Headrest Reimagines ‘Teens of Denial’ as ‘Teen of Denial (Joe’s Story)’
Car Seat Headrest's Teen of Denial (Joe's Story) reworks Teens of Denial with altered lyrics and new arrangements — a review of the ambitious, uneven result.
Album Reviews7.9/10
Car Seat Headrest’s The Scholars Turns A Fictional University Into An 18-Minute Epic
A university of scholars becomes a rock opera, nine tracks, seventy minutes, ambition rewarded though some wander.