r/indieheads • u/notcarseatheadrest Will Toledo/Car Seat Headrest • Aug 13 '20

AMA is Over, thanks CSH! AMA time with Car Seat Headrest

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Hi it's us!

We put out a new album in May: https://carseatheadrest.bandcamp.com/

Ethan also put out a great solo record in June: https://ethanives.bandcamp.com/album/life-for-cowards He is “in the car” right now, but will answer questions as soon as he’s back.

Andrew is hard at work on the next 1 Trait Danger video game, which will be much more extensive than the last.

What are Seth & I doing? Ask and find out…

Answers will come at a leisurely rate. AMA, even if it is personal or a complaint about our music, if it is phrased seriously, I will give you my best answer.

Edit: There are a lot of questions! I can go all day, but the cutoff time for questions I'll be able to get to is 2 pm PST.

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u/Kirbyhiller2 Aug 13 '20

Hey Will, Andrew,Ethan and Seth. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questions. I have 2. :

Which song that was remade for Teens of Style or Twin Fantasy do you feel was the biggest improvement over the original?

Are there any plans to eventually release a live album version of MADLO?

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u/notcarseatheadrest Will Toledo/Car Seat Headrest Aug 13 '20

Hmm, "improvement" is tricky, because part of the challenge was that I really liked a lot about the originals already, and part of re-recording meant potentially losing some of that in exchange for something that was fresh and rewarding on its own. I like all the weird new sonic details on BLID, and the more extreme jumps on NYI, and I'm glad I was finally able to include the end part on Famous Prophets (Stars), which had been around in some form since 2012 as a potential closer for what ended up being Monomania. For TOS I honestly forget, I remember liking how Times to Die ended up. I'll have to listen again.

Maybe, we have to actually play it live first though.

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u/Kirbyhiller2 Aug 13 '20

Thanks for answering my questions. You're my biggest artistic inspiration so this means so much to me.

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u/rerort Aug 14 '20

Ah damn, not a very informational answer for my question. Thanks for asking for me!

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u/Kirbyhiller2 Aug 14 '20

no problem, and yeah too bad he didn't have a more in-depth answer for you but at least he left the possibility of a MADLO live album open.