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May 5, 2020This is a mixed bag, and is – unfortunately – a bit of a momentum killer.
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Apr 30, 2020Making a Door Less Open isn’t as memorable as its predecessors on its own: Toledo’s vision as a whole never feels truly fleshed out, representing the first legitimate misfire in the career of one of this generation’s most talented indie-rock songwriters.
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Apr 30, 2020Neither balls-out, show-me-the-money capitulation to market forces, nor boldly experimental enough to count as a disruption to a mainstream form; neither disaster nor triumph. There’s something scattered and awkward about its grafting together of ideas that don’t gel; the sound of a band who have outgrown their initial incarnation but aren’t quite sure what they want now.
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May 4, 2020The new styles don’t all gel.
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May 1, 2020Seven-minute mantra There Must Be More Than Blood is the standout, where Toledo’s vocals are absorbed into a motorik groove, his quest for meaning somehow dissolving into an act of musical surrender. Not all the songs reach these heights, however; too many run out of ideas very quickly. But at their very best, Car Seat Headrest are reminiscent of such fantastic bands as The The, LCD Soundsystem and Talking Heads.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 51
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Mixed: 16 out of 51
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Negative: 2 out of 51
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May 1, 2020
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May 1, 2020This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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May 1, 2020Absolutely wonderful, exactly what I was hoping for these past 4 years since the bands last album written together.