Cassette tape philosophy 101 with Amanda Morelli of the Clap
Putting out CDs is cheap
The Clap "Juvenile"
Mood Rings "Year of Dream”
Red Sea “In Shape”
Shepherds "The Drag" The Clap, Mood Rings, Red Sea and Shepherds all celebrate the release of brand-new cassettes via local label Pink House Tapes tonight (Fri., April 1) at Noni's. It'll be a night of ghostly punk, noisy ambiance, damaged pop, and arty, funky soul-punk, but probably not in that order. The show is free and the music starts around 9 p.m.
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Chad Radford: Who are you?
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Amanda Morelli: My name is Amanda Morelli and I play bass for the Clap.
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You’re also one of the people behind Pink House Tapes. Who’s the real brain behind the label?
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Tyler Walters, but I don’t think he wants to be thought of as the one who’s in charge.
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There’s a whole crew at work behind the label that consists of…
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Well, there’s me and Tyler, Josh Hughes, Sam Wagstaff, William Fussell and Stephen Luscre.
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We have been casually releasing things for bands on tour for a while, but we’re about to have our first big release of music that will be for sale and in the ether. It’s a box set with four tapes: Shepherds (Holy Stain), Mood Rings (Sweater Weather Forever), the Clap (the “Juvenile” cassingle) and Red Sea (Weird Problem).
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We’ve done tapes for Mood Rings, the Husseins, and we’ve done tapes for ourselves, obviously. Technically the Clap’s Spider House 5 was our release as well even though it’s not a tape.