On May 2nd, Car Seat Headrest will release The Scholars, a bold new rock opera and the band’s first studio album in five years. Today, you can hear the record’s soaring, uplifting opener “CCF (I’m Gonna Stay With You).”
Set at the fictional college campus Parnassus University, the album’s songs are populated with students and staff whose travails illuminate a loose narrative of life, death, and rebirth. Here’s what the band has to say about the character at the center of “CCF”:
Beolco is a student of Parnassus University, a college founded in ages past by a famed playwright known as the Scop. Beolco is deeply fond of both the college and the Scop, believing himself to be spiritually connected or reincarnated from the playwright. He yearns for confirmation of this secret belief.
Last month, Car Seat Headrest posted the album’s first single, “Gethsemane,” which The New York Times described as “an 11-minute suite that ponders faith, morality, creativity, free will and love as the music unfurls with stretches of kraut-rock keyboard minimalism and roaring power chords that echo the Who’s Tommy.” Listen HERE.
The band have also announced a run of 2025 US headline dates, with shows scheduled in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, in addition to festival performances at Kilby Block Party and Governor’s Ball. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE.
TOUR DATES
May 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party
June 7 – New York, NY – Governors Ball
June 28 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
July 12 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
July 26 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed (Fairgrounds)
August 8 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek
September 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Highmark Skyline at the Mann Center
September 27 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall
November 1 – Oakland, CA – The Fox
Photo Credit: Carlos Cruz
TheWaster.com | Listen Up
4.3.2025
