{"id":3978,"date":"2025-06-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:46:27","slug":"car-seat-headrest-the-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/music\/car-seat-headrest-the-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Seat Headrest \u2013 The Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Artiste : Car Seat Headrest<\/strong>
Album : The Scholars<\/strong>
Label : Matador<\/strong>
Lien : https:\/\/www.carseatheadrest.com\/<\/a><\/strong>
Style : Pop-Rock, Alternative<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Car Seat Headrest offers The Scholars<\/em>, a record with a narrative spread out in the manner of concept albums from the golden age of rock, the perfect pretext for unfurling their searching, gripping pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, Car Seat Headrest started out as Will Toledo’s own recordings, which he distributed via the Bandcamp website. Parts of the songs were recorded in the family car, hence the name of the project. After his studies, he moved to Seattle, and it was from this point on that we could speak of a band, with the arrival of other musicians. In 2015, the band signed with the renowned independent label Matador Records, for whom they recorded a handful of albums, which included Will Tuledo’s original tracks reworked for the occasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scholars adopts a narrative structure inherited from the concept albums of the 70s. From the outset, the band has operated in a pure pop-rock style that can best be described as classic, but with an element of momentum and a breadth full of lyricism that is evident on this album, where the compositions evolve in structures far removed from the sempiternal verse-chorus. In the more adventurous moments of their pop side, one is reminded of Animal Collective, who would have abandoned their electronic paraphernalia as well as their long studio work to leave more room for immediacy. All this without falling into the lo-fi of Will Toledo’s early solo recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The voice, which alternates between strength and fragility, always full of emotion, is barely in the foreground, with the guitars, which can be acoustic and clear, or conversely full of saturation and more shadowy to accompany the narrative. Rhythm, too, plays an important role in shaping track structures and modulating tempo as they evolve. The production perfectly captures these different moods and, as a sign of its quality, will highlight different characteristics depending on whether you’re listening on speakers that favor a wide soundstage, or with headphones that are more faithful to detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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