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Car Seat Headrest

Progressive rock
Progressive rockRap

Car Seat Headrest is a Progressive rock and Rap act. Their sound grew out of They Might Be Giants, Ants from Up There, Radiohead, The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Those roots explain a lot about how Car Seat Headrest arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Coma Cinema, Daniel Johnston, Teen Suicide, Panchiko and what is your name?, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Been Stellar, The Beths and Smash Mouth, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Car Seat Headrest, reaching back through They Might Be Giants and forward to The Postal Service. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Car Seat HeadrestThey Might Be GiantsAnts from Up ThereRadioheadThe BeatlesThe Beach BoysLeonard CohenDavid BowieThe MonkeesThe Postal ServiceDeath Cab for CutieBeen StellarThe BethsSmash MouthComa CinemaDaniel JohnstonTeen SuicidePanchikowhat is your name?Big ThiefJeff Rosenstockflatsound

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Car Seat Headrest connections

Car Seat Headrest grew out of They Might Be Giants, Ants from Up There, Radiohead and The Beatles, shares an orbit with Coma Cinema, Daniel Johnston, Teen Suicide and Panchiko, went on to shape The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Been Stellar and The Beths. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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