Car Seat Headrest have shared “There Must Be More Than Blood,” the latest song from their forthcoming album Making a Door Less Open. The song is a lengthy one, clocking in at around seven-and-a-half minutes. The new album will be out next week and the band has shared another new song off of it. It follows the singles “Hollywood,” “Martin,” and “Can’t Cool Me Down.” Below, find the official song and acoustic version, performed by Will Toledo’s alter ego Trait, the album’s protagonist, who was wearing a mask before it was cool. The chorus: “There must be more than blood that holds us together/ There must be more than wind that takes us away/ There must be more than tears when they pull back the curtain/ There must be more than fear.”All of them are good. Spoiler alert: The whole album is good! But we’ll have more to say on that later. In the meantime, here is one more good song to pique your interest.
Making a Door Less Open is out May 1st (via Matador) and marks the first studio album from Toledo and co. since the release of Twin Fantasy in 2018. Last year, the band also released the live album Commit Yourself Completely.
The band’s leader, Will Toledo, planned to conduct business for his entire album cycle in a modified gas mask. He planned this (you guessed it), before the pandemic. “It was supposed to be sort of an exotic alternative to reality — like a challenge, I guess, to normal life,” Toledo said. “And now it just feels a lot more pointed in a way that I wasn’t planning on and don’t really take any pleasure in.” That new album, “Making a Door Less Open,” is a very different type of record for this indie-rock band with such a fervent fan base.
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