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All These Tapes

by World Record Winner

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confidence 03:16
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progress 02:56
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leanna 02:56
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caller id 02:32
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forgetful 03:02
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i'm the fish 02:46
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yard 02:54
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beach 03:14
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god 03:04
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moss 03:34
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waste 02:48
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drunk 01:38
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school 02:44
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right 01:09
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dwell 01:56
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hair 00:58
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mad-bad 03:01
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breathe 02:27
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garrett 02:49
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better 01:50

about

While many know Emmet Martin as one of the busier movers and shakers in Pacific Northwest DIY— in addition to having played in Boreen, Dog Thieves, Lutra and more, they’re also the engine behind Bud Tapes, which has pressed some of independent music’s finest post-COVID releases — their solo output as World Record Winner is cocooned music, warm folk that draws textures and memories from the world around it and, beaver-like, assembles them into a comfortable organic nest. On the compilation All These Tapes, comprised of Martin’s home recordings from the past four years, we can hear Martin making themself fully at home in this sonic world. Opener “moments of beauty” (never released before this disc) welcomes us with a glitching drone and Martin’s softly driving picking, building to the sort of satisfying fuzzy coda that should sound familiar those lucky enough to have caught WRW's full-band live sets. From there, the tracklist winds its way backward through the moments of beauty that led them here; we find Martin musing upon the minutiae of new love, schools of fish, "evil shit growing in the yard." While their writing and palette have grown over the years, World Record Winner’s sound has felt realized from the outset, with their 2017 self-titled EP (the last seven tracks on this release) full of sharp pop melodies and a deft ear for cassette-crunched textures. These recordings are at turns reminiscent of the airy slowcore of Crescent and the shambolic folk of Adrian Orange, but with a modern collector’s ear that allows World Record Winner to transcend old-school trappings. Martin’s wide range of sonic influences, along with a knack for sound collages and buoyant synth textures, result in songs that play as much with the limitations of 4-track tape as with the vast possibilities for musical exploration afforded by the digital age.

credits

released February 5, 2021

Track 1 never released before this CD!
2-7 recorded on 4 track cassette 2019-2020 and mixed down to 1/4" tape
8-10 recorded to 4-track in fall of 2018
11-16 recorded on a Tascam DP 01 in spring of 2018 using one microphone, a nylon string guitar, a bass, 2 suitcases, a cymbal, and a casio sk-1
17-26 recorded on 4-track cassette throughout 2017

Emmet Martin wrote/recorded/played everything except:
Teal Bluestone - Vocals on 17 & 24
Isabel Lyndon - Vocals on 21 & 26
Alan Bishop - Drums on 19
Fiona Woodman and Isaac Eiger - Vocals on 25

Woodblock print on cover by Emmet Martin
Additional sleeve/insert design by Grace Daenen

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