Car Seat Headrest announce new album, song and 2020 tour

By CLTure News

Photo: Ashley Acker / CLTure

February 26, 2020

DIY indie rockers, Car Seat Headrest have announced a new album, Making A Door Less Open, set for release May 1 on Matador Records. The first album for Will Toledo and the band since 2016’s Teens Of Denial, the group also shared the song “Can’t Cool Me Down” from the forthcoming album.

With Making A Door Less Open, Toledo embarks on a new and imaginative style of songwriting and recording. The new album is a “collaboration” created over the last four years with Toledo’s electronic sound project, 1 Trait Danger. The band recorded the album twice: once live with guitars, drums and bass, and once in a MIDI environment using purely synthesized sounds. During the mixing process, the two approaches were gradually combined using elements of each, with additional overdubs.

Car Seat Headrest will also embark on a North American tour this summer, including stops in Raleigh, NC (June 16 at The Ritz), Asheville, NC (June 17 at Orange Peel) and Columbia, SC (June 18 at The Senate). The band last toured in 2018 and played to a sold-out crowd at Carrboro’s Cat’s Cradle.

Check out the tracklist for the new Car Seat Headrest album Making A Door Less Open out May 1 on Matador Records.

Album cover for Making A Door Less Open by Car Seat Headrest

Vinyl
1. Weightlifters
2. Can’t Cool Me Down
3. Hollywood
4. There Must Be More Than Blood
5. Hymn
6. Deadlines
7. Martin
8. What’s With You Lately
9. Life Worth Missing
10. Famous

CD Tracklist
1. Weightlifters
2. Can’t Cool Me Down
3. Hollywood
4. Martin
5. Hymn (Remix)
6. There Must Be More Than Blood
7. Deadlines
8. What’s With You Lately
9. Life Worth Missing
10. Famous
11. Deadlines (Alternate Acoustic) [Bonus Track]
12. Hollywood (Acoustic) [Bonus Track]

2020 Car Seat Headrest tour dates:

April 25 — North Adams, MA at MASS MoCA
May 27 — St. Paul, MN at Palace Theatre
May 28 — Milwaukee, WI at Pabst Theatre
May 29 — Chicago, IL at The Vic
May 30 — Chicago, IL at The Vic
June 2 — Detroit, MI at The Majestic
June 3 — Toronto, ON at Danforth
June 4 — Toronto, ON at Danforth
June 6 — Boston, MA at House of Blues
June 7 — Portland, ME at State Theatre
June 9 — New York, NY at Brooklyn Steel
June 10 — New York, NY at Brooklyn Steel
June 11 — New York, NY at Brooklyn Steel
June 13 — Philadelphia, PA at Franklin Music Hall
June 14 — Washington, D.C. at Anthem
June 16 — Raleigh, NC at The Ritz
June 17 — Asheville, NC at Orange Peel
June 18 — Columbia, SC at The Senate
June 19 — Atlanta, GA at Tabernacle
June 20 — Nashville, TN at Brooklyn Bowl
July 9 — Vancouver, BC at The Commodore
July 10 — Vancouver, BC at The Commodore
July 11 —Seattle, WA at Paramount
July 12 — Portland, OR at Roseland
July 14 — San Francisco, CA at The Warfield
July 17 — San Diego, CA at Observatory North Park
July 18 — Los Angeles, CA at The Wiltern
July 19 — Phoenix, AZ at Van Buren
July 22 — Austin, TX at Stubb’s
July 23 — Houston, TX at White Oak
July 24 — Dallax, TX at Granada
July 25 — Oklahoma City, OK at The Tower
July 26 — Kansas City, KS at The Crossroads
July 28 —Denver, CO at The Ogden

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