Cool in A Crisis: Tape Netlabel

Este post no está dedicado a ningún grupo, banda o solista, sino a dar cuenta de la aparición de un nuevo sello, COOL IN A CRISIS, que por su particular idiosincrasia, merece la pena aparecer en el blog, y ya de paso dar cuenta de sus primeras referencias. La particularidad de CIAC es que es un Tape Label, un sello que se va a especializar en editar cintas de cassette. No es la primera que lo hace, pero su iniciativa es más que loable, en tiempos de digitalización global y formatos gigantescos. La primera referencia está dedicada a los americanos Sweater Girls y a The Story of Apple Pie. Cada referencia irá dedicada a una K-7 compartida. Os dejo con los enlaces para descubrir el sello.

Who are we?

A tiny cassette tape label based in that big smoke they call London. Previous to this, we were involved with clubnights Baby Honey and Twee As F**k – putting on gigs and playing records on both sides of the Atlantic.

What’s with the name?

Well, the name came straight from one of the DIY signs The Pooh Sticks were sporting on stage during their performance at Indietracks 2010. Here’s a super-hip-hipstamatic shot of Peggy (of POBPAH) holding the sign.

Why cassettes?

Pressing the ‘play’ button on our walkman sends us to a land of lo-fi cozy feelings. We hope to share that adventure with you. Every release is a split EP, featuring a band on either side. There will only be 100 cassettes pressed with each release, complete with a silkscreened silver-coated sleeve and a mini-zine. Our first release features SWEATER GIRLS (Los Angeles, CA) and THE HISTORY OF APPLE PIE (London, UK). Out on Monday, November 15^th, 2010:

“full of wonderful pop melodies complete with cute girls’ voices, jangling and fuzzed guitars and glockenspiel, in other words every ingredient we’ll never get tired of hearing since 1986” – No Fear Of Pop

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