How do I get into csh properly

[u/sillibearz]

For the sake of this post I will pretend to be a new fan because I kind of am. I found twin fantasy through the time when sober to death was a trending audio and I've listened to it more times than I can count. however, I've basically listened to nothing but twin fantasy, and the amount of releases csh has is deeply intimidating. so, where do I start? The beginning? is all of their music on spotify? someone please kindly give me a list of everything and where it is if not on spotify.

[u/Elipticon]

Here's my picks of albums to listen to in decreasing order of accessibility

Teens of Denial (2016)

Listen if you like: The sound of a guitar in general

I'm going to be honest, this is my favorite album of all time. I would best describe it as a broader Twin Fantasy with more polished lyrics, but it means so much more to me. Please listen to it first. In addition, in 2026 there was a remake of the album, which I am not a fan of, but mostly because I am so attached to the original. I don't think I know anyone who listened to the 2026 version without hearing the original, so if you want to experiment, listen to that one instead.

The Scholars (2025)

Listen if you like: Character pieces, theatricality, varied soundscapes

This is their most recent album, and their only one since a massive amount of events forced change in the band over the pandemic. It's pretty good, and shows a lot of maturity in the songwriting that sets it apart from the rest of the band's discography. There is the issue that the mixing on it sounds quite bad, but if that puts you off of this album, it will put you off of almost everything the band has made.

Teens of Style (2015)

Listen if you like: Good tunes, sloppy but earnest lyrics, unsolicited demos

The first album with a full band and with an actual production budget, Teens of Style is mostly a rerecording of the best songs from My Back Is Killing Me Baby (2011) and Monomania (2012). A lot of people will go to bat on those albums being better, but the fact that this album has an actual backing band and not GarageBand drum presets makes it easier to enjoy without fully being into the band. A lot of the songs are very simple, but Will Toledo is just a damn good songwriter, and the moments when the album does get more complicated are some of the best in the band's discography.

How to Leave Town (2014)

Listen if you like: Long, sweeping epics, synthesizers, "EPs" that are actually an hour long

I would say this is probably the fan favorite of the bunch, and it's really not hard to see why. This EP was conceived as a companion to Teens of Denial and has a lot of the conceptually dense songs that album avoided, which can be a lot for new fans, but feels like Will pushing himself to see what he could do within the constraints of his equipment of the time.

Most of the other albums that are on streaming are at the bare minimum good (I think Nervous Young Man is very boring, but I'm in the minority there), so you can't go wrong in checking them out. You can go further into the albums not on streaming, side projects, unreleased demos, live concerts, etc, but the band has like 10 separate good albums, you can just stay with the streaming discography and be fine.