The Cassettes is tagged as: steampunk, indie, alternative, indie rock, rock
Cassettes are leading Washington "vaudeville steam-punk" bands here "Musical Explorers Society" is fronted by Mr. Shelby Cinca earlier voice and guitar behind such notable groups as the DC and Frodus decahedron He is also the man responsible for recording various instantly classic DC indie Dead Meadow album first two full lengths, but do not be fooled into thinking there is some sort of punk / hardcore / post-punk TOMFOOLERY happening here The sound of cassettes generously walks down the Rocky Raccoon / Honey Pie path that some would describe as the synth-infused country stomp people to join Shelby in his vision to pursue musical boundaries and expectations are Stephen Guidry on the Squeezebox and Moog Saada Awan on drums and tabla Arthur Harrison p?? theremin and a broad band of banjo and bass players saw
Cinca long experience as a musician and his big time behind the recording console that made the band to use the intimacy of home-recordings of songs like Sway Along However, for the better sound of songs like Lady Faire and Burg, speaker of the bungalow, they turned to other producers and a variety of environments including Silver Sonya's Chad Clark (Beauty Pill, the dismemberment plan, Emergency and I and change) and TJ Lipple (Aloha) In particular, the band turn... Read More About The Cassettes Biography...
