[ Matador / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 16 February 2018
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Will Toledo always knew he would return to Twin Fantasy. He never did complete the work. Not really. Never could square his grand ambitions against his mechanical limitations. Listen to his first attempt, recorded at nineteen on a cheap laptop, and you'll hear what Brian Eno fondly calls "the sound of failure" - thrilling, extraordinary, and singularly compelling failure. Will's first love, rendered in the vivid teenage viscera of stolen gin, bruised shins, and weird sex, was an event too momentous for the medium assigned to record it.
On the heels of the smashing success of Teens of Denial, Car Seat Headrest releases a new version of Twin Fantasy. "It was never a finished work," Will says, "and it wasn't until last year that I figured out how to finish it." He has, now, the benefit of a bigger budget, a full band in fine form, and endless time to tinker. According to him, it took eight months of mixing just to get the drums right. But this is no shallow second take, sanitized in studio and scrubbed of feeling. This is the album he always wanted to make. It sounds the way he always wanted it to sound.
Both versions of the album are included on the 2-disc CD version, as well as a 24-page colour booklet with additional artwork.
"Toledo has serious star quality, and it is constantly exciting to see where he goes next - even if in this case, it is backwards to shine up early gems." - ★★★★★ recordcollectormag.com
CD1
1. My Boy (Twin Fantasy)
2. Beach Life-In-Death
3. Stop Smoking (We Love You)
4. Sober to Death
5. Nervous Young Inhumans
6. Bodys
7. Cute Thing
8. High to Death
9. Famous Prophets (Stars)
10. Twin Fantasy (Those Boys)
CD2Twin Fantasy - Mirror To Mirror
1. My Boy (Twin Fantasy)
2. Beach Life-In-Death
3. Stop Smoking
4. Sober To Death
5. Nervous Young Inhumans
6. Bodys
7. Cute Thing
8. High To Death
9. Famous Prophets (Minds)
10. Twin Fantasy (Those Boys)