Because many people want to hear perfectly clean notes that don't fluctuate at all unless they're purposely putting vibrato into it. Which is good an all but so are voice cracks and raspiness imo.
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this is such a great concert. all three songs are performed beautifully. sober to death especially, the way everyone joins in. makes me cry like a little baby.
It took me a minute to get behind this. It was the first thing I'd seen/heard of their band and tiny desk is a little weird for that sometimes. But it left something in my brain intrigued, and I revisited a few weeks later. That time it got me. Drunk drivers made me openly weep like a grown ass man. Keep making art.
I distinctly remember the parking spot I was in the first time I heard CSH. My college boyfriend insisted I watch this Tiny Desk in the car, and I was annoyed that he was shoving his phone in my face. My annoyance turned to intrigue as soon as I listened to the raw, passionate vocals and lyrics. It wasn’t until my summer internship in DC that I became a superfan. I was lucky enough to see them play at Black Cat that very summer - a much smaller venue as it was 2016! What an insanely beautiful encore, and I got to meet Will after the show. After that, I learned their entire discography by heart. Now 8 years later they are still my #1 favorite band. CSH and I have come a long way over the years. Thank you NPR (and my ex-boyfriend, I suppose) for introducing me to my favorite musical artist!
That really means a lot to hear, somehow.. I’m glad you got to see and meet Will Toledo, especially given everything his music must mean to you. You must have been a similar age to him, too.. I’m 10 years younger than him, and it feels eerily like I’m tracing his ghost’s footsteps every day. Like a one-way communication through time.. He’s an incredibly special human being to me and I wish I could meet him, or at least speak to him and let him know there are others, scattered across time and space, whose hearts beat the same as his. I hold others’ feelings with a lot of importance, so thank you for sharing a bit of your humanity here. Somehow, it feels a little less lonely.
"Here's that voice in your head Giving you shit again But you know he loves you And he doesn't mean to cause you pain Please listen to him It's not too late Turn off the engine Get out of the car And start to walk" I'm glad I stumbled upon this artist. His lyrics/voice/style is honest and real.
A lot of people would say his voice is bad, but if you actually listen to his songs, u understand that the realness in his voice makes the songs good. It’s real, it reflects what he often sings about. Personally it makes me feel less alone. That’s all
I just realized 6 years later that the first song is off of teens of style, the next off teens of denial, and then sober to death which he would rerelease two years later
amazing lyrics, and with that really indescribable outstanding voice, Car Seat Headrest is destined for this. some very great life soundtrack music was always bonding with my friends, us screaming the killer whales song in the car. then I was in a fender-bender... but there were no police called... if u catch my drift, I've been sober since that day Dec 8 2023. this makes like 2 months. :) be safe, prayers your way, specifically road-prayers.
I'll be the first without a passive aggressive attempt at humor. Great work! Very genuine and invoking of thoughts and feeling. First I've heard of you.
He seems to be very deliberately trying to make some point about performance space, what's allowed in it, what are an aren't boundaries between artist and audience, etc. Or, he just really wants his friends on camera.
The thing that's truly great about Will is he does what he wants to do. He doesn't care how cracky and off his falsetto sounds. He just fills his music with his true emotion.
Will does livestreams sometimes and plays acoustic versions of his songs and some covers too, i don't know if he's played Joe Gets Kicked Out Of School though
Driving home from work on empty city streets crying like a baby because of how Will belts out with so much emotion “it doesn’t have to be like thiiii-i-i-sss,” in killer whales. Contemplating how I became the one thing I told myself I never would for the last 8 months. A heroin addict. It really doesn’t have to be like this. And I plan to try and get clean for the 2nd time tomorrow. God help me this time.
I personally love Will's voice, the voice cracks add character to his voice. This kind of low-fi music is meant to have imperfections and rough edges. If you don't like that stuff of course you won't like car seat headrest.
Paul Pruett His voice is what perfectly works for Car Seat Headrest though, the music wouldn't be nearly as good with a more conventionally good singer imo.
My voice used to crack a lot when i was growing up (i started singing professionally at the age of 16) and people always complain about it, i had an Ask.fm account and they started to send messages like "stop singing" "you suck at singing" "i will beat you the next time i hear you sing" and shit like that. I didn't care but i tried to stop my voice to crack and all that.
I like his voice too. The songs are supposed to be rough and vulnerable. He makes music coming from a small shy and timid person, so those vulnerabilities add a lot to the music/ his voice cracking shows that he is just a vulnerable kid making songs about his feelings. So yeah, it fits his music. I would be bothered if it didn't fit.
For all of you folks out there who don't write or play music, I think it's worth mentioning how awesome it feels to belt out like Will does at the end of Killer Whales, especially when it's a melody you've written. It may seem over the top and raw, but frankly, it feels so good to just let it go and belt along with the music, there's really nothing quite like it. There are two general buckets that you can put individual songs into: songs written for others, and songs written for yourself/not for others. Will belting it out like that makes me think that song was definitely more the latter.
Will Toledo is special to me because he truly writes and conveys what’s coming from the depths of his soul. I’ve never seen any other person put… everything out there like that. It feels like I know much more about Will Toledo than I should and it’s almost uncomfortable listening to him sing at times. It really means something to me, even the parts I can’t understand fully because they’re so specific to him and only him. The way he conveys his pain through art helps me stay strong, I think.
I think the drummer took the invitation to a Tiny Desk Concert too literally.
Hahahahaha!
these drums are actually called.... desk drums... get it
Win!
HAHAHAHAHAH
Nah that's just his drumset dawg
Saw the timestamp and assumed it was one song
Loool
literally famous prophets is as long as this video
@@noobita4828 wish it was longer, I love that song
real
Stars is the only song I can listen to for 16 minutes
Thinking about how at the time of this recording, this was probably the highest quality recording of Sober To Death is hilarious to me.
Lol
car seat headrest got me thru a bad time in my life by making it worse
o. brocklehurst hey
same
word brudda nothing like feeling horrible to sober to death
jesus it's too true
Same here
His vocals are so gorgeously raw, how could anyone dislike them?
@yoyofingers ok professor
@yoyofingers AHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH
Honestly a pretty good Yoko ono impression
I don't dislike them... I'm seriously concerned about his vocal cords' health
Because many people want to hear perfectly clean notes that don't fluctuate at all unless they're purposely putting vibrato into it. Which is good an all but so are voice cracks and raspiness imo.
drunk drivers is one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard
Allison Redlich true
Facts
The ending makes me cry everytime
Allison Redlich I would say Sober to Death contests that spot especially from MTM
Claro que sí!
A song called the drum and my guy shows up with this...
Legendary.
Who needs a full band when you can just have your friends sit next to you and look emo.
Underrated comment
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And a 1/10th scale drumset lol
The drummer is the only one that looks like he is there willingly.
Just imagin him trying to convince his friends to come saying stuff like "Yeah bro you just gotta sit there for like 15 min tops, pls dude"
Be advised guys, Will says "fuck" once.
Actually twice but yeah
@@jxomxo🤓☝️
The part when all of the band is singing Sober to Death is legitimately beautiful and makes me cry gamer tears
Only the most sad kind of tears
Gamer tears
I love how theres just a bunch of random dudes chillin on the floor. Super chill
this is such a great concert. all three songs are performed beautifully. sober to death especially, the way everyone joins in. makes me cry like a little baby.
I love ur pfp
@@annakaevjen4578 thank u
Sober to Death doesn't make me cry every time or anything like that...I swear
im so late but sober to death makes me tear up half the time
JUST CUTTING ONIONS ATM, I SWEAR!
It took me a minute to get behind this. It was the first thing I'd seen/heard of their band and tiny desk is a little weird for that sometimes. But it left something in my brain intrigued, and I revisited a few weeks later. That time it got me. Drunk drivers made me openly weep like a grown ass man. Keep making art.
I can relate so much to this, as this video was randomly recommended to me recently. God I love it
I distinctly remember the parking spot I was in the first time I heard CSH. My college boyfriend insisted I watch this Tiny Desk in the car, and I was annoyed that he was shoving his phone in my face. My annoyance turned to intrigue as soon as I listened to the raw, passionate vocals and lyrics. It wasn’t until my summer internship in DC that I became a superfan. I was lucky enough to see them play at Black Cat that very summer - a much smaller venue as it was 2016! What an insanely beautiful encore, and I got to meet Will after the show. After that, I learned their entire discography by heart. Now 8 years later they are still my #1 favorite band. CSH and I have come a long way over the years. Thank you NPR (and my ex-boyfriend, I suppose) for introducing me to my favorite musical artist!
That really means a lot to hear, somehow.. I’m glad you got to see and meet Will Toledo, especially given everything his music must mean to you. You must have been a similar age to him, too.. I’m 10 years younger than him, and it feels eerily like I’m tracing his ghost’s footsteps every day. Like a one-way communication through time.. He’s an incredibly special human being to me and I wish I could meet him, or at least speak to him and let him know there are others, scattered across time and space, whose hearts beat the same as his. I hold others’ feelings with a lot of importance, so thank you for sharing a bit of your humanity here. Somehow, it feels a little less lonely.
@@MistyWarriorCatim gonna say it cause i have to, beautiful comment❤ relate
i hope i get to meet him one day, i might also need to get a summer internship in dc
"Here's that voice in your head
Giving you shit again
But you know he loves you
And he doesn't mean to cause you pain
Please listen to him
It's not too late
Turn off the engine
Get out of the car
And start to walk"
I'm glad I stumbled upon this artist. His lyrics/voice/style is honest and real.
I've watched this like 20 times and that "Dont worry, you & me don't be alone no more" part always makes my heart crumble. I love it.
damn, son! hell of a writer.
A lot of people would say his voice is bad, but if you actually listen to his songs, u understand that the realness in his voice makes the songs good. It’s real, it reflects what he often sings about. Personally it makes me feel less alone. That’s all
I listen to this impatiently, merely waiting for it to be over so I can play it again
they get me
real
9:45 best part of the video. Love it
lol
Did you just want to hear him scream?! I mean I'm in for it too
Those are some hilariously queeky voicecracks, but it's impressive how steadily he keeps at it
This guy gets it. :)
I think they need a smaller drum kit
Elsa I felt it was a little overpowering. Should just use thimbles, in my expert opinion.
#smalldrumsmatter
Yeah, the one they used was way too flashy.
@@thorn99thorn took up way too much space imo kinda misses the point of the show
i always almost cry with this Sober to Death version
one of the best tiny desk concerts to date. the emotion here is superb
As always, lovely and eloquent. I can't wait to see what age does to his writing and singing style.
Nice Dismemberment Plan pic. The song "The City" could change lives. Hopefully a few uninformed souls find their music through this comment.
Sean Murphy I agree, that song is perfection
This version of sober to death is incredible
You’ve gotta appreciate this songwriting
This band gives me hope to do the same thing and chase my musical dream
how’s your music coming along?
@@frankthetoaster keeping hope and staying focused
@@laserrun792 keep it up dude, i wanna see u succeed!
Have you released any music yet? I would love to check it out if so!
Crazy he was only 167 year's old here
Npr tiny desk is like kexp "unplugged"
I was just thinking the same thing!
Kexp is like npr but pluged in
i love when the internet gets deep for no reason
My favorite thing about will's singing voice is that he can't sing but he also can
His voice is so hot ugh
Just sat next to this dude at a diner last night
COOL
Lucky
Like... on a date?
Did u kiss?
@@Brerenee23 op pls response
In my opinion, the acoustic ver. of The Drum is so much better than the original! I dig it!
I feel miserable *adds to library*
There are a total of 3 comments here:
-chapstick this boy please
-big drum or big boy????
-dOnT hAtE wILL’s vOice iTs PErFect
Don't worry, you and me won't be alone no more
Absolutely fantastic. Beautiful songs I loved this!
It's amazing how different these guys are live. It was like a totally different band. Loved it! 6/22/19 College Street New Haven.
I'm here every weekend (and I'm weak)
I love will torpedo
Ikr will tornado is the best
agreed wall torrent really deserves more credit
dam will invest in some burt’s bees
Toledo is love, Toledo is life!
well now I have to listen to My Back Is Killing Me Baby again
He had me at @9:42
And at @13:11 I was taken away. His voice is raw beauty ❤
I just realized 6 years later that the first song is off of teens of style, the next off teens of denial, and then sober to death which he would rerelease two years later
yeah, it was recorded in November 2015, he had a plan to telegraph coming attractions.
This is so freaking intense in his minimalism... I love it. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
his voice is actually crazy
Once he hits puberty, it's all down hill for this master songsmith.
+Bryant Vazquez he's 23
i love will toledo tbh
His friends all seem so sad to be in the shot.
amazing lyrics, and with that really indescribable outstanding voice, Car Seat Headrest is destined for this. some very great life soundtrack music was always bonding with my friends, us screaming the killer whales song in the car. then I was in a fender-bender... but there were no police called... if u catch my drift, I've been sober since that day Dec 8 2023. this makes like 2 months. :) be safe, prayers your way, specifically road-prayers.
wasn't me at fault, but it is what it is, you just never know when someone will run a stop sign and pull out in front of u at the last sec.
just came to cleanse my ears after listening to the 1975 NPR Tiny Desk concert, how that has more views than this blows my mind
The ending to sober to death hits hard
Had to turn it off right away because it said it had explict language...
will tornado 🌪!!!!
Such an incredible song, Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales.
I'll be the first without a passive aggressive attempt at humor.
Great work! Very genuine and invoking of thoughts and feeling.
First I've heard of you.
tiny drum concert
He doesn't really open his mouth that much but words come out breaking and clear
This is a good band, making real music with real instruments. Good Stuff!
i watched this a hundred times probably
ngl The Drum acoustic bops way more than the original
David Byrne: Time Traveller
this dude just gets it - great set
Got a J. Mascis vibe going here! I love it!
Señor siesta de cabeza sounds wonderful! I like escuchar
This is my favorite video
he needs some chapstick
His chapped lips were bothering me so much
nobody can find out i like this
Neverhood sweater makes it even better.
The new song is super cool. Will never ceases to impress
Car Seat Headrest
when does he wear the black sweater in the thumbnail, its driving me insane 😭😭
it's called a twetter
@@alexdxxv8784 my bad, i guess this was recorded at tebay
This music almost makes me cry
This is the highest quality recording of car seat headrest I've ever heard.
True! It's really the best
Can even count Will's eyelashes.
Irony
Tiny Desk has some of the best sound engineers out there. Listen to any of the other artists and they're all crystal clear.
lol those tiny drums being played sound better than the recording also
This was recorded the same day I failed my 8th grade math test.
i hope you're doing great man
Life could have only gone up by then
Did you miss it because you decided to watch this instead?
Hopefully things are going better now
noice sebastian
How'd they fit that drum set in there?
It's all about rearranging the whole office to fit a full kit
@@xferal5181 yeah they really had to reorganize everything, it probably took a while
On a shoes box
I think using a smaller guitar helped make room
If you look closely, it's not actually a full size kit
Can't believe that he's only 9 years old! Too crazy! At his age I couldn't even walk, wow!
Schislmadisl 9 years old... lol you mean 19? (By now I think he's 20
Sleepless joke went right over your head
ParkeyFinn the joke went over their head and they still got his age wrong
I’m concerned that you couldn’t walk until 9.
Funny shit
I knew this guy in high school, he bought a fake id that said his name was Mclovin
Gold
What was he like
Gabriel West r/wooosh
Gabriel West He referenced the movie superbad- it was a joke
He looks like mclovin
Will: (pouring his heart out over his guitar)
Andrew: "Hey, Will, if you don't mind, I'm gonna do a _little_ drumming."
andrew does a little trolling
@@nicodibari5042 a little rolling down in the deep mayhaps
Tiny desk tiny drums
"hey I brought some friends... hey guys just sit here while I play... it won't be awkward"
hey it's okay, it wasn't awkward
Maybe he just needed emotional support
ba55letmysoulfly haven’t seen you guys in two years, but wanna come to my tiny desk gig?
The one dude with the drum don't forget him
He seems to be very deliberately trying to make some point about performance space, what's allowed in it, what are an aren't boundaries between artist and audience, etc. Or, he just really wants his friends on camera.
He looks like he just came from 4th period Science class
Or a rivers quomo impersonation contest
The thing that's truly great about Will is he does what he wants to do. He doesn't care how cracky and off his falsetto sounds. He just fills his music with his true emotion.
I hope he wants to kiss me
that's actually his head voice but i agree
korvaamaton Isn't falsetto the head voice tho? I'd love to know if you want to explain
@@mikogale
at 4:50 isn't that falsetto?
@@RebelRampant same
Never knew McLovin was such a gifted musician!
man tiny desk has gotta bring will back, i need an unplugged “joe gets kicked out of school”
Will does livestreams sometimes and plays acoustic versions of his songs and some covers too, i don't know if he's played Joe Gets Kicked Out Of School though
@@gerg669 where does he live stream?!
@@kayrushton8725 I'm not sure.. but you can find the full streams on youtube
I want to hear Will sings Joe Goes to School from across a small room so bad.
Driving home from work on empty city streets crying like a baby because of how Will belts out with so much emotion “it doesn’t have to be like thiiii-i-i-sss,” in killer whales. Contemplating how I became the one thing I told myself I never would for the last 8 months. A heroin addict. It really doesn’t have to be like this. And I plan to try and get clean for the 2nd time tomorrow. God help me this time.
Did you make it man?
i really hope you’re doing well my dude
You're gonna make it
Hope all is well.. You're not alone..
Hi Jeff. How are you? You’re not alone. Stay strong. Stay focused. Surround your self with positive things and positive people. One day at a time
He's trying so hard not to laugh while playing that tiny drumset
I love Andrew he’s so funny
they should've given will toledo a tiny guitar to play on
Or, and hear me out, a ukelele
@@odessa745 im thinking finger sized six string acoustic 🤭
I swear this dude will be forever 17
he actually does look a *little* bit older nowadays
I live for voice cracking like this
Wonder Bread: It is as I could sing this. Or even you!
But could you write it, produce it, perform it, convey its emotion?
DOES IT UPSET ANYONE ELSE THAT HE IS WEARING A SWEATER IN THE THUMBNAIL BUT NEVER IN THE VIDEO.
Yes
Now it does.
It was likely destroyed by some weird hippy powers or something
Fuck you.
same thing happened in the Anderson Paak video. WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FROM US NPR
looks like he won those drums at chuck E cheeses
Angel Eyes I can confirm this, I won a similar drum set after $500 worth of tokens and ten hours of playing... and playing...
can we just appreciate the audio quality from this one single mic...
I personally love Will's voice, the voice cracks add character to his voice. This kind of low-fi music is meant to have imperfections and rough edges. If you don't like that stuff of course you won't like car seat headrest.
this comment is enough to make someone molt
Paul Pruett His voice is what perfectly works for Car Seat Headrest though, the music wouldn't be nearly as good with a more conventionally good singer imo.
My voice used to crack a lot when i was growing up (i started singing professionally at the age of 16) and people always complain about it, i had an Ask.fm account and they started to send messages like "stop singing" "you suck at singing" "i will beat you the next time i hear you sing" and shit like that. I didn't care but i tried to stop my voice to crack and all that.
I like his voice too. The songs are supposed to be rough and vulnerable. He makes music coming from a small shy and timid person, so those vulnerabilities add a lot to the music/ his voice cracking shows that he is just a vulnerable kid making songs about his feelings. So yeah, it fits his music. I would be bothered if it didn't fit.
I guess Will kinds reminds me of John Frusciante's heroine days. That's probably why I really like Car Seat Headrest
couldnt find it in the comments so heres the times:
the drum 0:00
drunk drivers 4:35
sober to death 11:06
Thaaank you
+
its in the description.
@@michaelp.jackson7803 not the time stamps
Thank you, oh kind and talented one
For all of you folks out there who don't write or play music, I think it's worth mentioning how awesome it feels to belt out like Will does at the end of Killer Whales, especially when it's a melody you've written. It may seem over the top and raw, but frankly, it feels so good to just let it go and belt along with the music, there's really nothing quite like it. There are two general buckets that you can put individual songs into: songs written for others, and songs written for yourself/not for others. Will belting it out like that makes me think that song was definitely more the latter.
I think it's wonderful and raw
Will Toledo is special to me because he truly writes and conveys what’s coming from the depths of his soul. I’ve never seen any other person put… everything out there like that. It feels like I know much more about Will Toledo than I should and it’s almost uncomfortable listening to him sing at times. It really means something to me, even the parts I can’t understand fully because they’re so specific to him and only him. The way he conveys his pain through art helps me stay strong, I think.