Which 8 current gems will make it on this Hip Cassette round-up? Plug that rusty tape player in, press play and make sure you keep notes…

by Christos Doukakis

SIDE A

Måns Wieslander

‘Your Face Came Loose’

indietronica

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PRXZM

‘Faultlines’

synth-pop/synthwave

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Eastrn Social

Settle

bedroom pop/indie pop

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baseball hat

‘TMMRWS GRAY’

shoegaze/grunge/indie psych

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SIDE B

SteffAndre

‘You’re My Remedy’

indie folk

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C. March

‘More’

folktronica/electro

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Class Jackson

‘Just A Friend’

synth-pop/pop

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Ted Tyro

‘Sunk Cost’

art rock/indie

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At home I don’t really have any drum machines or anything like that, I just have a piano and a cassette machine, an old-fashioned one, an old relic which I’ve always used.

Bryan Ferry