Today’s cassette is Exmilitary (2011) by Death Grips.

I was hyped to play this one—but one of the reels was defective. The tape bunched up, jammed the capstan, and nearly ate my Walkman. I managed to save the player, but the cassette itself is toast.

Fantastic album, though. Now it’s basically a keepsake—more decor than playable media. Might hang onto it, might not.

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A person holds a cassette tape copy of Exmilitary by Death Grips. The cover shows a distressed close-up portrait of a man’s face with a cross-shaped crease through the image. The album title “Exmilitary” is written in gothic-style font across the right side of the cover, while “DEATH GRIPS” and “Ex Military” are printed at the bottom in white text. A white sticker with the handwritten number “16” is affixed to the cassette case.
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

the cassette itself is toast

Fortunately it is preserved on archive.org here :)

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