Car Seat Headrest Sets Date for New Album, Shares “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales”

After years of DIY-production and indie releases, alternative singer-songwriter Car Seat Headrest’s newest album, Teens of Denial, is the first to be recorded in a proper studio and alongside a producer and full band. The album drops on May 20 via Matador Records.

In advance of the forthcoming release, Car Seat Headrest shared the second single from Denial, “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales” on Thursday. The new track follows the album’s first single, “Vincent,” which dropped last month. Watch the official lyric video for “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales” and see the album’s full tracklist below. 

Even though Denial will be a first in many respects for Car Seat Headrest (whose actual name is Will Toledo), it is actually the artist’s thirteenth album. The 23-year-old Toledo worked tirelessly to release 11 albums on Bandcamp while still in college. His first record for Matador, Teens of Style, was released in 2015 to critical acclaim.

For Teens of Denial, Toledo recruited veteran alt rock-producer Steve Fisk, who has produced records for Nirvana, Soundgarden and Screaming Trees.

Car Seat Headrest is currently on tour, and will continue with a string of dates after the release of Teens of Denial, as well. The tour includes stops at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival and Barcelona’s Primavera Sound. Check out a full list of tour dates below.

Teens of Denial Tracklist:

1. Fill In The Blank
2. Vincent
3. Destroyed By Hippie Powers
4. (Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs With Friends (But Says This Isn’t a Problem)
5. Just What I Needed/Not Just What I Needed
6. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
7. 1937 State Park
8. Unforgiving Girl (She’s Not An)
9. Cosmic Hero
10. The Ballad of the Costa Concordia
11. Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)
12. Joe Goes to School

Car Seat Headrest 2016 Tour Dates: 

3/25 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom

3/26 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre

3/27 – Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt

3/30 – Reno, NV – The Holland Project

3/31 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop

4/1 – Los Angeles, CA – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

4/3 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place

5/23 – Washington, DC – Black Cat

5/28 – Amsterdam, NL – London Calling

5/29 – Gent, BE – Big Next

5/30 – Paris, FR – L’Espace B

5/31 – Lyon, FR – Le Sonic

6/1-6/5 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Festival

6/3 – Nimes, FR – Paloma

6/4 – Düdingen, CH – Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival

6/6 – Ravenna, IT – Beaches Brew

6/8 – Toulouse, FR – Le Saint des Seins

6/9 – Bordeaux, FR – Rock School Barbey

6/11 – Porto, PT – NOS Primavera Sound Porto

6/14 – Berlin, DE – Privatclub

6/17 – Dresden, DE – Beanpole

6/18 – Hamburg, DE – Molotow

6/20 – Brighton, UK – The Hope

6/21 – London, UK – 100 Club

6/22 – Manchester, UK – The Deaf Institute

6/23 – Glasgow, UK – Broadcast

6/26 – Beuningen, NL – Down The Rabbit Hole

6/28 – Lund, SE – Mejeriet

6/29 – Stockholm, SE – Debaser Strand

6/30 – Gothenberg, SE – Pustervik

7/16 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival

7/22 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party

7/28 – Victoria, BC – Eventide Victoria