The
first thing that I noticed about this cassette is that these songs seem to be
put onto just your standard blank cassette- which I believe is the style/brand I
purchased more recently from Walmart- and though it is ninety minutes worth of
tape space, the songs which make up the EP do not go for as long. On one hand, you have to think about the
wasted space, and I often can get upset if artists/labels only use 16 minutes
out of a side that has 20 minutes on it.
But as a sort of first release
type of self-released cassette, this doesn’t really bother me as it does at
least let me hear these songs on my preferred medium.
What
matters most in this particular release are the songs themselves. They begin with hip hop beats which
transition into something a little bit more Kimya Dawson-ish. It has a lo-fi/bedroom pop sound to it and
of course that somehow brings out Stupid Bummed for me. Sharp
xylophone notes and eventually piano keys take us through what is just an
incredible piece of music.
With
the way that this cassette is produced (And I’ve seen people ask a lot more for
a lot less), it has a d.i.y. sort of demo feel to it. It’s the sort of thing that you could pay
three dollars for if you saw this band live, but then if you wanted something
to review or for whatever reason people might need demos (Booking? Labels?)
then they could give you a cassette for free.
So in that sense it is practical.
The
things you need to realize is that first and foremost this is an EP that should
just be able to speak for itself musically.
But even if you don’t like cassettes, you should purchase this cassette
if you do happen to like the music of Paper Thin just to show that this has
legs to stand on. In many ways, this
self-released cassette just screams to labels that if you put this music out it
will be successful for you.
Personally,
I toy with the idea of starting a cassette label from time to time, sure, and
if I did happen to have one when I got this cassette from Paper Thin, I would
undoubtedly want to give this EP a proper release on cassette. It feels so simple, so natural that it
should occur that it can only help but feel inevitable.
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