Making a Door Less Open

Making a Door Less Open
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
RecordedJanuary 2015 – April 2020
StudioAvast!
Genre
Length47:28 (Streaming)
76:00 (Bandcamp)
48:32 (CD)
42:20 (LP)
LabelMatador
Producer
Car Seat Headrest chronology
Commit Yourself Completely
(2019)
Making a Door Less Open
(2020)
Faces from the Masquerade
(2023)
Singles from Making a Door Less Open
  1. "Can't Cool Me Down"
    Released: February 26, 2020
  2. "Martin"
    Released: March 23, 2020
  3. "Hollywood"
    Released: April 16, 2020
  4. "There Must Be More Than Blood"
    Released: April 23, 2020

Making a Door Less Open (abbreviated as MADLO) is the twelfth album by American indie rock band Car Seat Headrest. It was released on May 1, 2020, through Matador Records. The album serves as the band's fourth under the label, and the second to consist of newly written material.

Making a Door Less Open marked a distinct stylistic divergence from the band's previous material. While Car Seat Headrest largely became known for their indie rock sound and use of lo-fi aesthetics, the album's style was largely influenced by experiments with 1 Trait Danger, an electronic side-project of band members Will Toledo and Andrew Katz. Each format of the album feature different track orders and alternate versions of tracks.

While critics reacted mostly positively to the album, enjoying the band's new electronic and EDM influences along with its lyricism, others criticised the album's experimentation, calling it unmemorable and not fully fleshed out.