What Do You Think About the Car?

What Do You Think About the Car? has been described as featuring indie rock throughout. McKenna says, "The album is about me being playful and positive about not necessarily happy topics ... That's what I'm like as a character. I try not to be too distant from serious topics as well. The two go together." ==Title==

When McKenna was four years old, his family got a new Toyota Previa. In a home video that captured the moment, McKenna's sister asks, "Dec, what do you think about the car?" to which he replies, "I think it's really good, and I'm going to sing my new album now." The album's opening song, "Humongous" has the audio clip of the exchange as its intro. ==Critical reception==

On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, reported an average score of 76 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Dave Simpson of The Guardian calls the album a "cracking debut", noting, "They are protest songs, but sound anything but worthy or world-weary. Instead, they are sun-soaked aural fizz bombs which channel indie rock through his love of David Bowie and ABBA." Thea de Gallier of NME states McKenna, "he narrates his innermost feelings on everything from politics ('Isombard') to the media's treatment of transgender suicide ('Paracetamol') with subtlety and skill. Standout 'Make Me Your Queen' is a rare moment of intimacy as he laments the ache of unrequited love, again with a delicacy and wisdom beyond his years." ==Track listing==

All tracks written by Declan McKenna; track 11 co-written by Rostam Batmanglij. All tracks produced by James Ford, unless otherwise noted. == Personnel ==

Adapted from liner notes. Musicians • Declan McKenna – writer • Garrett Ray – drums • Vanessa Freebarn-Smith – cello Technical • James Ford – producer (tracks 1, 3–9), mixer (track 8) • Max Marlow – producer (track 2), mixer (track 2) • Neil Comber – producer (track 10) • Rostam Batmanglij – writer (track 11), producer (track 11) • Jimmy Robertson – engineer (tracks 1, 3–9) • Craig Silvey – mixer (tracks 1, 3–6, 7, 9–11) • Eduardo De La Paz – mixer assistant (track 6) • Barry Grint – mastering ==Charts==