Car Seat Headrest announce a new live album, Faces From The Masquerade
Seattle-based band Car Seat Headrest have announced a new live album, Faces From The Masquerade, and share the video for new release, "Bodys".
Car Seat Headrest played three consecutive sold out nights at Brooklyn Steel in New York. An air of celebration, community and showmanship was present, made all the more palpable as the shows were far from a certainty - they took place amidst a year which saw the band having to postpone or cancel a large swath of their North American tour dates due to ongoing health issues.
This three night residency is captured on Faces From The Masquerade – a double album’s worth of live performances. Speaking of the release, Will Toledo says: "The 2022 “Masquerade” was a crazy tour that ignited with a particular ferocity once we touched ground on the east coast. Our time in New York captures that momentary magic where we’re playing at our peak and the crowd is responding as one giant body".
The album title is a nod to the band’s original tour announcement, which kindly asked audiences to mask up (for obvious reasons) and also invited fans to “accoutre yourself in whatever further costumery you please” for an evening of “music, dancing, and identity loss.”
It also alludes to the by now familiar custom-made gas mask worn by frontman Will Toledo at shows, complete with an expressive LED display for eyes.
Tracklist:
- Crows
- Weightlifters
- Fill in the Blank
- Hymn
- Hollywood
- Bodys
- Something Soon
- 1937 State Park
- Sober to Death
- Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
- It's My Child (I'll Do What I Like)
- Can't Cool Me Down %
- Beach Life-In-Death
- Deadlines
Faces From The Masquerade is set for release on 8 December via Matador, and is available to pre-order.
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