"Nervous Young Inhumans" | ||||
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Single by Car Seat Headrest | ||||
from the album Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) | ||||
Released | January 9, 2018 | |||
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Length | 5:25 3:08 (edit) | |||
Label | Matador | |||
Songwriter(s) | Will Toledo | |||
Producer(s) | Toledo | |||
Car Seat Headrest singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Nervous Young Inhumans" on YouTube |
"Nervous Young Inhumans" | |
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Song by Car Seat Headrest | |
from the album Twin Fantasy | |
Released | November 2, 2011 |
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Length | 4:14 |
Label | Self-released |
Songwriter(s) | Toledo |
Producer(s) | Toledo |
"Nervous Young Inhumans" is a song by American rock band Car Seat Headrest, it was first released independently on the bands sixth studio album Twin Fantasy. Seven years later, it would be re-recorded with completely new lyrics [1] and released as the second single in promotion of the bands twelfth studio album Twin Fantasy (Face to Face), a complete re-recording of Twin Fantasy. The re-recording was released alongside a music video.
A music video was released alongside the single, it was directed by front man Will Toledo in collaboration with the production company Dos Rios. [2] [3] [4] [5] The video shows multiple split screens of Toledo singing and dancing along with the track. [3] [6]
Sasha Geffen of Pitchfork noted the spoken word section near the end of the track in which Toledo explains his use of the word "galvanistic" in the chorus, they described the segment as being "deadpanned over a blasé bass line". They also described the guitar riff in the track as "antithetic". [7] The spoken word segment at the end was also stated to be about Mary Shelley's influence on the track by Uproxx , "like a filmmaker embedding his own director’s commentary into the closing credits". [8] Andy Cush of Spin described the track as a "tight and punchy pop song". [5]
In the same Pitchfork review by Sasha Geffen, they described the new version as being "among the poppiest songs in Toledo’s catalog". Furthermore, they state that of all of the tracks on Twin Fantasy, "Nervous Young Inhumans" would benefit the most from the "new polish". One notable change to the track they point out included the guitar riff, in which "Toledo swaps out the original’s anemic guitar riff for a sparkling, robust tone that throws a glam rock sheen on his fevered power-pop." Due to the higher fidelity, they described the track as sounding a lot like The Killers, "though he stops just short of adopting Brandon Flowers’ vocal bombast". Elaborating on the glam rock comparison, they state that if this is glam rock, "it's the shyest glam possible, a tortured internal monologue screamed beneath a broken disco ball". The review also describes the lyrics as being about "remembering what it felt like to want to dance with someone long after the party's over". [7]
Andy Cush of Spin described the re-working as being "one of the most immediate things" Toledo has released so far. [5] In a review of Twin Fantasy (Face to Face), Collin Brennan of Consequence named "Nervous Young Inhumans" as one of the three essential tracks. [9] Hannah Vettese of Record Collector noted the track as being one of the most changed and fleshed out tracks on the album when compared to the original. [10]
Adapted from Bandcamp. [11]
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Charts (2018) | Peak position |
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Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard) [12] | 44 |
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