91 - Pretty Much Amazing
This is an album that belongs in a 2016 time capsule, and one that any indie bard hopeful should be required to hear.
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85 - Pitchfork
More important than this deft lyrical touch, though, is his ability to display it within a musically engaging song. Unlike some indie-rock songwriters, Toledo's lyrics don't just sit on the page. The choruses don't arrive at the expected moments or follow traditional shapes, but they hit hard nonetheless.
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80 - Exclaim
Despite clocking in at a whopping 70 minutes, Car Seat Headrest pack enough hooks in to avoid lagging, thanks to Toledo's practice with his lengthy yet phenomenal earlier albums Twin Fantasy and How to Leave Town.
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80 - AllMusic
Rock history teaches us you can't will a masterpiece into existence, but with Car Seat Headrest's Teens of Denial, Will Toledo has created something like a novel after previously offering us short stories, and it's a piece of rough-hewn brilliance.
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60 - Popmatters
With brevity missing from Toledo’s musical toolkit (see the blame-deflecting “The Ballad of the Costa Concordia” and its 11:32 run time), the pain is exacerbated by songs that are simply too long to be memorable; what few hooks exist on Teens of Denial are quickly forgotten.
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Track Listing:
01 - Fill In The Blank
02 - Vincent
03 - Destroyed By Hippie Powers
04 - (Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs With Friends (But Says This Isn't a Problem)
05 - Just What I Needed/Not Just What I Needed
06 - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
07 - 1937 State Park
08 - Unforgiving Girl (She's Not An)
09 - Cosmic Hero
10 - The Ballad of the Costa Concordia
11 - Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)
12 - Joe Goes to School
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