{"id":25617,"date":"2016-02-29T17:47:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T01:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25617"},"modified":"2016-02-29T17:47:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T01:47:07","slug":"listen-to-car-seat-headrests-raving-vincent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2016-02\/listen-to-car-seat-headrests-raving-vincent\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Car Seat Headrest&#8217;s Raving &#8220;Vincent&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Van_Gogh_-_Trauernder_alter_Mann.jpeg.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25619\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Van_Gogh_-_Trauernder_alter_Mann.jpeg-456x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Van_Gogh_-_Trauernder_alter_Mann.jpeg\" width=\"456\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Van_Gogh_-_Trauernder_alter_Mann.jpeg-456x600.jpeg 456w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Van_Gogh_-_Trauernder_alter_Mann.jpeg-114x150.jpeg 114w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Van_Gogh_-_Trauernder_alter_Mann.jpeg-304x400.jpeg 304w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Van_Gogh_-_Trauernder_alter_Mann.jpeg-768x1011.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Van_Gogh_-_Trauernder_alter_Mann.jpeg.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Car-Seat-Headrest-143033959103037\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Car Seat Headrest<\/strong> <\/a>turned a lot of ears with their 2015 album\u00a0<em><strong>Teens Of Style<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/em>We&#8217;ve been sitting on the sidelines waiting to hear the next, post-bedroom recording before making our call. \u00a0We didn&#8217;t have to wait too long. <strong>CSH<\/strong> has just released the first song off their impending, full-band second album for <strong>Matador<\/strong> entitled\u00a0<strong><em>Teens Of Denial<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0The song is titled <em><strong>Vincent<\/strong><\/em>, and indeed its full-band sound and onslaught are simply thrilling. We love in particular the\u00a0combo of <strong>Toledo&#8217;s<\/strong> excellent <strong>Mark E. Smith<\/strong>-like growl with the hard-charging <strong>Nirvana-esque<\/strong> sounds, coupled with the full-stop and horns at 2:10 and after. With its cryptic lyrics (<strong>Toledo<\/strong> is apparently a follower of <strong>REM&#8217;s Michael Stipe<\/strong>, so what do you expect?), it&#8217;s helpful that leader <strong>Will Toledo<\/strong>\u00a0has explained that\u00a0<em><strong>Vincent<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is: &#8220;Both for and about parties. \u00a0Fighting to hold one\u2019s place in the crowd, to hold one\u2019s drink. Shouting to be heard, but what\u2019s the point, no one\u2019s saying anything worth listening to. Wanting to leave, not wanting to go home. Music is too loud.\u201d The song&#8217;s lyrics are at bottom.<\/p>\n<p>The video below (which, without a drop, left us with a hangover) features a &#8220;radio-ready&#8221; version of the song, trimmed down from the nearly eight minute version on the album. \u00a0<em><strong>Vincent<\/strong> <\/em>bodes incredibly well for <em><strong>Teens of Denial.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bEsItsZphwQ\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vincent<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And half the time I want to go home<br \/>\nAnd half the time I want to go home<\/p>\n<p>For the past year I\u2019ve been living in a town<br \/>\nThat gets a lot of tourists in the summer months<br \/>\nThey come and they stay for a couple days<br \/>\nBut hey, I\u2019m living here every day<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t need the complications<br \/>\nI\u2019m just in it for the beating<br \/>\nIt\u2019s almost a point of pride<br \/>\nThey say that it doesn\u2019t happen that often<br \/>\nPure sadism<br \/>\nPure sadism<br \/>\nPure sadism<br \/>\nPure sadism<\/p>\n<p>I find it harder to speak<br \/>\nWhen someone else is listening<\/p>\n<p>In the back of a medicine cabinet<br \/>\nYou can find your life story<br \/>\nAnd your future in the side effects<br \/>\nI haven\u2019t played guitar in months<br \/>\nMy strings all broke<\/p>\n<p>They got a portrait by Van Gogh<br \/>\nOn the Wikipedia page<br \/>\nFor clinical depression<br \/>\nWell, it helps to describe it<br \/>\nYeah, it helps to describe it<br \/>\nYeah, it helps to describe it<br \/>\nYeah, it helps to describe it<br \/>\nYeah, it helps to describe it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have the strength<br \/>\n(I don\u2019t have the time)<br \/>\nI poured myself a drink<br \/>\n(I told myself a lie)<br \/>\nYou know I\u2019ve worried<br \/>\n(You know I\u2019ve tried)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t you know I\u2019m not strong?<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t you know I\u2019m not kind?)<br \/>\nSomeone\u2019s getting lucky<br \/>\n(Someone\u2019s calling the cops)<br \/>\nSomeone take me away<br \/>\n(Someone make it all stop)<br \/>\nI had a bright tomorrow<br \/>\n(I spent it all today)<br \/>\nNow I am silent at last<br \/>\nNow I have nothing to say<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m being honest with myself<br \/>\nI haven\u2019t been honest with myself<\/p>\n<p>It must be hard to speak in a foreign language<br \/>\nIntoxicado<br \/>\nIntoxicado<br \/>\nIntoxicado<br \/>\nIntoxicado<br \/>\nIntoxicado<br \/>\nIntoxicado<\/p>\n<p>I find it easier to sleep<br \/>\n(And half the time I want to go home)<br \/>\nWhen I&#8217;m not holding the noise machine<br \/>\n(And half the time I want to go home)<br \/>\nAnd half the time, I\u2019m like THIS &#8211;<br \/>\nThey\u2019ll send in Matt. CAPtain Trash!<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have the strength<br \/>\n(I don\u2019t have the time)<br \/>\nI poured myself a drink<br \/>\n(I told myself a lie)<br \/>\nYou know I\u2019ve worried<br \/>\n(You know I\u2019ve tried)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t you know I\u2019m not strong?<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t you know I\u2019m not kind?)<br \/>\nSomeone\u2019s getting lucky<br \/>\n(Someone\u2019s calling the cops)<br \/>\nSomeone takes me away<br \/>\n(Someone makes it all stop)<br \/>\nI had a bright tomorrow<br \/>\n(I spent it all today)<br \/>\nNow I am silent at last<br \/>\nNow I have nothing to say&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car Seat Headrest turned a lot of ears with their 2015 album\u00a0Teens Of Style. \u00a0We&#8217;ve been sitting on the sidelines waiting to hear the next, post-bedroom recording before making our call. \u00a0We didn&#8217;t have to wait too long. 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