Car Seat Headrest Announce New Live Album Faces from the Masquerade
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Car Seat Headrest have announced a new live album called Faces from the Masquerade. It’s out in full December 8th, and today, the band has shared a live video of their Twin Fantasy favorite “Bodys.”
A 14-track double album, Faces from the Masquerade compiles recordings from Car Seat Headrest’s three-night stand at Brooklyn Steel in 2022. Its name draws on two relevant aspects of the residency: Will Toledo and company asked attendees to mask up in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also encouraged fans to “accoutre yourself in whatever further costumery you please,” just as the singer did in his go-to hazmat suit and gas mask.
Not every live album feels that necessary, especially when a band sticks to the version of their music cut to record in the studio. For CSH, however, the project makes sense: the band have long performed newly arranged versions of their songs, even transforming their emphatic breakthrough hit “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales” into a free-wheeling, nearly unrecognizable number when performing on network television.
On this project, the band offers fresh takes on “Fill in the Blank” (or, really, a version more close to the original than CSH had played in years, Toledo explains), “Beach Life-In-Death,” “Deadlines,” and more.
“The 2022 ‘Masquerade’ was a crazy tour that ignited with a particular ferocity once we touched ground on the east coast,” Toledo said in a statement. “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.”
See how the tour went for yourself thanks to the live video for “Bodys,” then pre-order Faces from the Masquerade. The live album follows the group’s 2020 studio LP Making a Door Less Open.
Faces from the Masquerade Artwork:
Faces from the Masquerade Tracklist:
01. Crows
02. Weightlifters
03. Fill in the Blank
04. Hymn
05. Hollywood
06. Bodys
07. Something Soon
08. 1937 State Park
09. Sober to Death
10. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
11. It’s My Child (I’ll Do What I Like)
12. Can’t Cool Me Down %
13. Beach Life-In-Death
14. Deadlines
% = vinyl-only exclusive
Car Seat Headrest Announce New Live Album Faces from the Masquerade
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