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cassette review
*disclaimer!!* it was the outward appearance, admittedly, that drew me in to this 4-song e.p cassette. to me, nothing fills me with more nostalgia than a garage/home gig. makes me feel like i am somehow part of the music scene. so when i saw this cassette, i was immediately drawn.
it was refreshing to hear something that actually worked in my years-old walkman. i have mostly been listening to my mum’s old mixtapes from the nineties and they're pretty colourful, let’s say.
to be honest, i am pretty close minded when it comes to shout-y music. it’s not like screamo which, to me, is just noise. but it’s like screamo junior. however, this cassette eerily drew me in.
my first impressions were as follows: what the hell does aufrutschen mean? i asked one of the band members and he didn’t know. so the mystery remains. second
thought: every song sounds the same. third thought: oh my god, the female lead singer is drumming! wish i was that talented.
then i listened a second time. i realised that they sound a bit like sonic youth. also, if i was an angry feminist in 1999, this band would have been my religion. like, you know when heath ledger tries to impress kat stratford in ten things i hate about you? he would have included e.t.a in his repertoire of music he claimed to listen to. turns out that this e.p works for me too, an angry feminist in 2019.
although the lyrics are barely audible, that’s part of the charm. it forces you to listen to every little musical element. that won’t / that will was my personal favourite.
overall, the cassette left me feeling pretty uncool. mostly because, e.t.a is infinitely cool. maybe i’ll give post-punk a chance.
7/10