First word: Cassette
Now really, what is all this about?
The gradual return of vinyl as medium of choice for some can be explained, if you move beyond the trend factor, by a difference in sound quality, which, whilst overall somewhat anachronistic considering our miniaturised ultra-portable ipod-toting contemporary living habits, is an argument that holds water.
However in recent months there have been a number of bands releasing cassette tapes, ranging from scenester wannabees right through to fairly established Brooklyn indie royalty. I wonder where the impetus came from? Maybe the junk shops were selling cheap tape decks and someone thought 'Oooh!'. And then so did someone else....
Cassettes appealed, once, on two levels: firstly, they were the most mobile source of self-determined music in the days when all the kit we now take for granted did not yet exist, and secondly you could buy blanks and record (and edit) onto them.
They served a purpose but I am surely not the only one who remembers when hissy, temperamental and physically vulnerable cassettes were the only option; I doubt anyone who recalls using them would be looking to do so again.
Young people - STOP IT.
Other word: List
Everyone - STOP IT.
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