Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo pulled from the classics when devising the lyrics and story arc of 'The Scholars,' while the music draws, carefully, from classic rock story song cycles such as The Who's 'Tommy' and David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust.'
This is the debut solo album by music producer Yasushi Ide, originally released in 1995. A timeless classic still beloved today, it features a reggae-infused cover of Bill Withers’ Ain’t No Sunshine, showcasing reggae legends U-Roy and Ken Boothe.
The album features a blend of their signature occult-dripping, psych-synth, and cabaret darkwave sound with elements of psychedelia, classic rock, and krautrock.
Year Of The Spider finds the band crafting their utterly unique vintage sound that incorporates wonderfully strange elements of doo-wop, classic R&B, garage psych & surf rock to produce this timeless gem from these perennial favorites.
From longtime devoted disciples to the curious uninitiated, all will be welcomed to find communion, salvation and escape in SKELETA and the ever-expanding world of GHOST.