Writing for Twin Fantasy began in mid-2011 after Toledo transferred from Virginia Commonwealth University to the College of William and Mary due to feelings of isolation and anxiety.[5][6] He specified in an interview with Uproxx that it was the first Car Seat Headrest album to be conceived of and written as a full album, rather than a collection of songs. This change in style had been a result of the writing process for "Beach Life-in-Death".[5]
Twin Fantasy was performed and produced entirely by Toledo, and would feature a prominent use of lo-fi production, largely due to his lack of resources.[7] The album's cover art was also created by Toledo, with booklet art provided by independent comic artist Cate Wurtz, who had previously worked with Toledo on the artwork for 3, 4, and My Back is Killing Me Baby.[8][9]
Twin Fantasy was initially released via the online music platform Bandcamp on November 2, 2011.[1] Upon its release, Toledo estimates the album was downloaded by around 100 people,[10] but has since gone on to be downloaded over 33,000 times as of 2018.[11]
The album was remastered by Toledo around a year after its release, with additional bass being added to most tracks.[12]
Music and lyricsedit
Toledo stated via Tumblr that Twin Fantasy is a concept album which explores a relationship he was in at the time.[13]
"Beach Life-In-Death", the longest track on the album, clocks in at 12 minutes and 11 seconds and changes style multiple times throughout. The lyric sheet included with downloads separates the song into three parts. Toledo has noted that his main sources of inspiration for the album included Pink Floyd, of Montreal, Destroyer, and They Might Be Giants, along with various romantic poets he had been studying at the time.[5][14]
The chorus from "Ana Ng" by They Might Be Giants was interpolated into "Cute Thing" with some minor changes. The outro of "Jugband Blues" by Pink Floyd was interpolated in "High to Death" with some changes. However, this was removed in future releases.[15]
A re-recording of Twin Fantasy was released on February 16, 2018, under the name Twin Fantasy (Face to Face). It is a complete full band re-recording and reworking of the original album, which was subsequently subtitled Mirror to Mirror after the release of the re-recorded album.
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^ abc"A Guide To All Of Car Seat Headrest's Pre-Fame Albums (All 11 Of Them)". UPROXX. 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
^Vozick-Levinson, Simon (2015-11-24). "Car Seat Headrest: Dorm-Room Prodigy to Indie-Rock Sensation". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
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This article is about the 2011 album by Car Seat Headrest For its 2018 re recording see Twin Fantasy Face to Face This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Twin Fantasy news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Twin Fantasy later re titled Twin Fantasy Mirror to Mirror is the sixth solo album by American indie rock musician Will Toledo under his alias Car Seat Headrest 1 Since its release in 2011 the album has amassed an online cult following 2 with the internet forums 4chan and Reddit playing major roles in the album s success 3 A re recording of the album was released via Matador Records on February 16 2018 4 Twin FantasyStudio album by Car Seat HeadrestReleasedNovember 2 2011Recorded2011GenreIndie rock lo fi alternative rockLength60 26LabelSelf releasedProducerCar Seat HeadrestCar Seat Headrest chronologyMy Back Is Killing Me Baby 2011 Twin Fantasy 2011 Monomania 2012 Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Music and lyrics 3 Track listing 4 Twin Fantasy Face to Face 5 ReferencesBackground and recording editWriting for Twin Fantasy began in mid 2011 after Toledo transferred from Virginia Commonwealth University to the College of William and Mary due to feelings of isolation and anxiety 5 6 He specified in an interview with Uproxx that it was the first Car Seat Headrest album to be conceived of and written as a full album rather than a collection of songs This change in style had been a result of the writing process for Beach Life in Death 5 Twin Fantasy was performed and produced entirely by Toledo and would feature a prominent use of lo fi production largely due to his lack of resources 7 The album s cover art was also created by Toledo with booklet art provided by independent comic artist Cate Wurtz who had previously worked with Toledo on the artwork for 3 4 and My Back is Killing Me Baby 8 9 Twin Fantasy was initially released via the online music platform Bandcamp on November 2 2011 1 Upon its release Toledo estimates the album was downloaded by around 100 people 10 but has since gone on to be downloaded over 33 000 times as of 2018 11 The album was remastered by Toledo around a year after its release with additional bass being added to most tracks 12 Music and lyrics editToledo stated via Tumblr that Twin Fantasy is a concept album which explores a relationship he was in at the time 13 Beach Life In Death the longest track on the album clocks in at 12 minutes and 11 seconds and changes style multiple times throughout The lyric sheet included with downloads separates the song into three parts Toledo has noted that his main sources of inspiration for the album included Pink Floyd of Montreal Destroyer and They Might Be Giants along with various romantic poets he had been studying at the time 5 14 The chorus from Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants was interpolated into Cute Thing with some minor changes The outro of Jugband Blues by Pink Floyd was interpolated in High to Death with some changes However this was removed in future releases 15 Track listing editAll tracks written and performed by Will Toledo No TitleLength1 My Boy Twin Fantasy 2 492 Beach Life In Death 12 103 Stop Smoking 1 274 Sober to Death 5 035 Nervous Young Inhumans 4 146 Bodys 6 157 Cute Thing contains elements of Ana Ng written by John Linnell and John Flansburgh as They Might Be Giants 5 218 High to Death 6 169 Famous Prophets Minds 10 1510 Twin Fantasy Those Boys 6 28Total length 1 00 26Twin Fantasy Face to Face editMain article Twin Fantasy Face to Face A re recording of Twin Fantasy was released on February 16 2018 under the name Twin Fantasy Face to Face It is a complete full band re recording and reworking of the original album which was subsequently subtitled Mirror to Mirror after the release of the re recorded album References edit a b Twin 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