Polyvinyl is on a Mike Kinsella kick. American Football's EP, The One Up Downstair's EP and Owen's "(the ep)" have all been reissued on vinyl.
This is The One Up Downstair's first appearance on physical media. It was released earlier via iTunes, but this release seems to be catering towards the collector more than anyone else.
Due to my affinity towards these releases, it hit me today (perhaps a little late to the party) that this is signifies a definite shift towards digital downloads and vinyl, and away from CDs. It seems as though this kind of release appeals to the digital and analog archivist in a way that the CD never really would. You get your CD quality audio via the digital download (although I'm not quite sure on how the audio is encoded which could prove to be a problem for me) and the physical vinyl artifact with its tangible art work, etc.
Vinyl always has had that sensual appeal in its format and sound, something that the CD always had looming in its shadow and criticism by audiophiles. With this best of both worlds approach, why have the CD?
No comments:
Post a Comment