Car Seat Headrest has announced the release of The Scholars, set for release on May 2nd via Rock Action, a new studio album described as a rock opera, marking the band’s first full-length release in five years. The album is set at the fictional Parnassus University and features a narrative centred on the lives of students and staff, exploring themes of life, death, and rebirth. Alongside the album announcement, the band have shared ‘Gethsemane’ – an 11-minute, multi-part release that conveys the spiritual journey at the heart of the release, as well as its accompanying visual.
Of the visual, the band state,
Rosa studies at the medical school of Parnassus University. After an experience bringing a medically deceased patient back to life, she begins to regain powers suppressed since childhood, of healing others by absorbing their pain. Each night, instead of dreams, she encounters the raw pain and stories of the souls she touches throughout the day. Reality blurs, and she finds herself taken deep into secret facilities buried beneath the medical school, where ancient beings that covertly reign over the college bring forth their dark plans.
Car Seat Headrest will embark on a 2025 US headline tour, with dates listed below. Presale tickets for fans will be available from Wednesday, March 5th at 10:00 AM local time, and general public tickets will go on sale Friday, March 7th at 10:00 AM local time.
