Car Seat Headrest annoncerer det nye album Making A Door Less Open – ude d. 1. maj
Amerikanske Car Seat Headrest kan i dag annoncere udgivelsen af deres fjerde album Making A Door Less Open, som udkommer den 1. maj på Matador Records / Playground Music i Norden.
Making A Door Less Open følger op på bandets 2016-album Teens Of Denial, og indebærer et nyt og anderledes lydunivers end det vi ellers har hørt fra bandet. Arbejdsprocessen på det kommende album har været en særlig rejse for Car Seat Headrest, der først startede med at indspille numrene organisk og live, men efterfølgende valgte at indspille musikken i et MIDI-univers, kun ved hjælp af synthesizere. Da bandet skulle mixe albummet, valgte de at kombinere de to universer.
Inspirationen til at fusionere de forskellige lyduniverser, opstod på baggrund af trommeslager Andrew Katz og forsanger Will Toledos sideprojekt 1 Trait Danger, der er mere elektronisk baseret.
Making A Door Less Open følger op på bandets 2016-album Teens Of Denial, og indebærer et nyt og anderledes lydunivers end det vi ellers har hørt fra bandet. Arbejdsprocessen på det kommende album har været en særlig rejse for Car Seat Headrest, der først startede med at indspille numrene organisk og live, men efterfølgende valgte at indspille musikken i et MIDI-univers, kun ved hjælp af synthesizere. Da bandet skulle mixe albummet, valgte de at kombinere de to universer.
Inspirationen til at fusionere de forskellige lyduniverser, opstod på baggrund af trommeslager Andrew Katz og forsanger Will Toledos sideprojekt 1 Trait Danger, der er mere elektronisk baseret.
Den nye måde at skabe musik på, har tilmed åbnet op for ny inspiration til Toledos sangskrivning. Hvor Will Toledo på tidligere albums har forsøgt at skabe et sammenhængende narrativ og lydunivers, forsøger han nu at tillægge hver sang sin helt egen individuelle energi.
Om processen fortæller Toledo:
”I wanted to make something that was different from my previous records, andI struggled to figure out how to do that. I realized that because the way I listened to music had changed, I had to change the way I wrote music, as well. I was listening less and less to albums and more and more to individual songs, songs from all over the place, every few days finding a new one that seemed to have a special energy. I thought that if I could make an album full of songs that had a special energy, each one unique and different in its vision, then that would be a good thing”
Førstesinglen fra det kommende album ’Can’t Cool Me Down’ kan, sammen med en tilhørende musikvideo, høres HER.
Making a Door Less Open trackliste
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
Om processen fortæller Toledo:
”I wanted to make something that was different from my previous records, andI struggled to figure out how to do that. I realized that because the way I listened to music had changed, I had to change the way I wrote music, as well. I was listening less and less to albums and more and more to individual songs, songs from all over the place, every few days finding a new one that seemed to have a special energy. I thought that if I could make an album full of songs that had a special energy, each one unique and different in its vision, then that would be a good thing”
Førstesinglen fra det kommende album ’Can’t Cool Me Down’ kan, sammen med en tilhørende musikvideo, høres HER.
Making a Door Less Open trackliste
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