I've been trying to get caught up on the backlog of tapes I have hanging around to review. I've probably mentioned before that it's hard to get motivated to go through these as I just have no real connection with cassettes. Sure I had some Weird Al tapes when I was a kid and I did buy the occasional Eric B and Rakim cassingle during my teenage years, but I would so much rather listen to a record or even a CD. The tape thing just bums me out, despite the fact that I realize it's a way for smaller bands to cheaply get their music out there. But really, could cassettes possibly be cheaper than CD-rs at this point?
Anyway, that little diatribe kind of segues into this Accident cassette. Listening to it, it's very clear that this isn't the sort of thing that really warrants a vinyl release. It's low budget punk rock with vocals recorded in a way that you can barely hear them. The songs just kind of plod along with the screechy treble of the guitar drowning out some dude that sounds like his singing in a different room from the one the microphone is actually in.
All six of these songs are one dimensional and not the sort of thing I would ever listen to. Maybe if I was still in high school, but even then I didn't like any of the local bands playing the town VFW halls.
Accident - Platinum Summer:
https://morepowertapes.bandcamp.com/album/platinum-summer
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