Today’s cassette is “Drums & Wires” (1979) by XTC.

Everyone knows “Making Plans for Nigel”—but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. This entire album is solid gold. You’ve got rack-rabbit rhythms, pumping basslines, and guitar tones so jagged they could slice concrete. It’s post-punk with teeth.

And yeah, it absolutely belongs in your Walkman while you strut around the neighborhood.

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A person holds a vintage audio cassette of Drums and Wires by XTC, released by Virgin Records. The cassette cover features a stylized, abstract portrait in bright primary colors—red, yellow, and green—with jagged shapes and sharp lines. The band’s name, “XTC,” is scrawled boldly across the face in large, dark purple brushstrokes. The album title, “drums and wires,” is handwritten in lowercase letters near the bottom right. The catalog number “TCV 2129” appears in the top right corner of the insert. The Virgin logo is printed in script at the bottom of the cover.
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

@atomicpoet @recordpics You can feel like you’re walking round ten feet tall.

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