I recently bought the most recent Andy Partridge EP, My Failed Songwriting Career, only available on vinyl, and it has me in a full-on XTC binge. No, not binge, savoring. It’s a bittersweet listen as he has said he is done with making music so this may be the last I/we get from one of the best songwriters of all time.
I feel like the playlist generation is already embracing the album. Vinyl’s resurgence isn’t just boomers and Gen-X’ers reliving their youth. It’s rather heartening to see the rebirth of brick and mortar record stores. I feel a shift away from the “everything all at once” model to a cultural desire to savor. Am I looking through rose colored glasses? Maybe.
I recently bought the most recent Andy Partridge EP, My Failed Songwriting Career, only available on vinyl, and it has me in a full-on XTC binge. No, not binge, savoring. It’s a bittersweet listen as he has said he is done with making music so this may be the last I/we get from one of the best songwriters of all time.
I feel like the playlist generation is already embracing the album. Vinyl’s resurgence isn’t just boomers and Gen-X’ers reliving their youth. It’s rather heartening to see the rebirth of brick and mortar record stores. I feel a shift away from the “everything all at once” model to a cultural desire to savor. Am I looking through rose colored glasses? Maybe.