The Cheap Cassettes photo by Anna Parkhurst
We’re pleased to bring you the premiere of The Cheap Cassettes’ new music video for their song “Disappear With You” (watch it below). The track is taken from the band’s debut album All Anxious, All the Time, which is available now through Rum Bar Records. You can purchase the album here.
The Cheap Cassettes guitarist/vocalist Chaz Matthews comments on the video:
“It was filmed during four shows we played in Seattle from January to March 2017. You can see some nice footage of the darker sides of Seattle in the video, which we included to echo the lyrics – it’s about escaping from a town or environment that is killing you. The thing is, I wrote the song about escaping TO Seattle, not from it. Seattle is my favorite city in the world. Kevin (Parkhurst, drums), Mike (Isberg, bass) and I are all transplants to Seattle from Boston. Seattle embraced us almost immediately and we are super grateful.”
The Cheap Cassettes are a rock and roll band from Seattle. Their three chord rumble encompasses elements of punk, power pop, glam, and classic, timeless mid century rock and roll music. They sound as if their daddy was Paul Westerberg, their mommy was Ronnie Spector and Chuck Berry was the doctor that delivered the child.
The band formed from another band, Boston’s Dimestore Haloes. The Haloes thrived during the mid to late 90’s punk explosion, and were very much disciples of the Clash. After releasing four full-length records and multiple singles, as well as sharing stages with the world class elite of underground punk rock, the Haloes called it a day in 2003.
Fast forward to the present day, and two former Dimestore Haloes (Chaz and Kevin) with the addition of fellow Boston to Seattle transplant Mike Isberg on bass, have formed a vital new rock and roll band. Recording long distance from several different states from 2011-2015, All Anxious All the Time is an album born of a long period of living, writing and recording rock ‘n’ roll.
Finally settling in Seattle in 2014, Chaz and Kevin began playing out on the energetic Seattle underground rock ‘n’ roll scene, joining the ranks of like minded power pop/punk rock Pacific Northwest bands like The Exploding Hearts, The Briefs, King Louie’s Missing Monuments, Flop, The Lemons, The Riffs, The Cute Lepers, and Best Kissers In The World.
Upcoming Show:
June 3 – Seattle, WA at Slims Last Chance w/ The Tripwires
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