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The Ballad of the Costa Concordia

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It was an expensive mistake

The Costa Concordia was a cruise ship that sank on January 13th, 2012 in Italy within hours of having just left port. In this song, Will compares what he sees as his immediate failure to adjust to adult life at his young age to the failures of the ship’s captain sinking within hours of departure, asking “how was I supposed to know how to steer the ship?” The song is structured in three major parts: a slow, balladic introduction, a figurative confessional breakdown (featuring an interpolation of Dido’s 2003 single “White Flag”), and a literal instrumental breakdown followed by a triu… read more
The Costa Concordia was a cruise ship that sank on January 13th, 2012 in Italy within hours of having just left port. In this song, Will compares wha… read more
The Costa Concordia was a cruise ship that sank on January 13th, 2012 in Italy within hours of having just left port. In this song, Will compares what he sees as his immediate failure to… read more

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Car Seat Headrest is an American band formed in Leesburg, Virginia, and currently located in Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Will Toledo (vocals, guitar, piano, and synthesizers), Ethan Ives (guitar, bass, backing vocals), Seth Dalby (bass), and Andrew Katz (drums, percussion). Beginning as a solo recording project by Toledo in 2010, Car Seat Headrest self-released 12 albums on the music platform Bandcamp, before signing to Matador Records in 2015. Car Seat Headrest would begin touring as a full band the following year. History 2010–2014: Lo-fi and solo releases… read more
Car Seat Headrest is an American band formed in Leesburg, Virginia, and currently located in Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Will Toledo (vocals, guitar, piano, and syn… read more
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