20y2

I Never Came

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall // Coldplay

im starting my series called airys tape collection where i talk about one cassette a day. starting off with pearl jams ‘ten’ album

i really like this tape. my favorite album is ‘no code’ but i don’t have that one yet. it plays very smoothly on my player, and the j-card is very creative. probably my favorite out of my collection. you can see the whole image below.

i think my favorite track from this album is ‘oceans’. like an ocean itself: the suspense in this track heightens and calms like waves.

the guitar and bass have echoey, synthesizer-ish sounds. they dance and weave throughout the constant metronomic rhythm of the drums, which i interpret as symbolizing the ocean’s currents, and the ocean floor, respectively.

the slightly distorted voice effects added to this track in particular mesh really well with the instrumentation, to the point where the singer himself becomes yet another instrument. he isnt trying to dominate the track or stand above the score, but rather he flows throughout it. gives me a visual of the singer becoming one with the water, rather than sailing or surfing on top of it.

8/10 tape. i really like pearl jam.