Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo: A History of Revisiting and Remaking Old Songs
By
Ethan Beck
4d ago· 3 min readenReview
85/100
Golden Brown
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Summary
Will Toledo (Car Seat Headrest) has a history of reworking his old songs, from early Bandcamp days through his Matador Records era. The article discusses his process of revisiting and remaking past material, including the compilation Teens of Style, and notes that he notably did not redo songs from his 2011 album Twin Fantasy. The piece is framed around Ethan Beck's review of the album Teen of Denial.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWill Toledo loves to tinker.
Even in the early days of his project Car Seat Headrest—back before he became widely recognized as an indie-rock wunderkind—he occasionally re-worked old songs until they felt right.
Notably, he didn't redo any songs from Twin Fantasy, 2011's dense breakup chroni
Read Ethan Beck’s review of the album.
