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Back in the mid 90′s Eric’s and my first band The New Tribe put out our first release on Cassette.  It was still a pretty common format for the times but as the years passed digital formats slowly eroded cassettes from our world.  Now with audio files being so ubiquitous, and therefore somewhat disposable, we look back on those analog days with a better understanding of the beauty of this medium.  With this in mind, we are happy to announce that Alchemist Records will be making forays back into the realm of cassettes! 
I myself was somewhat skeptical about cassettes, remembering some of the downsides (ie. the small artwork format, the hiss, fast forward/rewind?, sun melt and having to take apart eaten tapes and try to put them back together).  But, after making the master tapes for Atlantic At Pacific’s “Weddings” and One In A Googolplex’s “The Dropout Cats” I can safely say that it’s a very warm and pleasant way to hear these recordings and the whole process of making them brought back a fondness for the more involved and slowed down ritual of using these little plastic magnetic wonders.  The “Weddings” and “The Dropout Cats” tapes should be available around October 19th. More details will follow.
There is a huge underground tape resurgence happening and we are glad to be jumping back into this world.  Perhaps Edison cylinders are next.
btw. For those super old school people we still have a few unopened copies of The New Tribe tape and also a rare unreleased Suncrush for Sweethearts tape that are available for purchase 8$ each. If interested send an electronic mail. We’ll have more details on those in our upcoming store improvements.