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Title: Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Denial
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, Rock, Indie Rock, Seattle, WA
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

Legal Trouble: Matador recalled and destroyed early vinyl/CD runs after Ric Ocasek rejected a Cars lyric interpolation; the song was rewritten as “Not What I Needed.”
Studio Lore: Their first full album made in a proper studio with an outside producer—Steve Fisk at Seattle’s Soundhouse—after years of DIY recording.
Media Narrative: The recall became a warehouse-destruction headline and a modern cautionary tale about permissions, publishers, and who controls a song.