“Vinyl has always been important to me as a means of a physical connection to music.”
“I grew up in the era of CDs. I have so many memories sitting on the bus on the way to and from school with a CD in my Discman, and looking through the CD booklet, holding the art in my hand as I listened through the entire album as it was intended. As I got older and the internet and downloaded music began to dominate, I craved the physical connection to music that I grew up with.
I put together a stereo setup with a turntable and an amplifier, and ‘permanently borrowed’ a large portion of my parents’ vinyl collection. I haven’t looked back since, and every album I buy is on the vinyl format now.
There is so much to be said for the act of physically placing an album down and placing the needle at the start—it is an affirmation that you are going to not only listen to music but to experience the album as it was intended by the artist, in its entirety. Couple that with the large format artwork you can hold and liner notes to read while listening, and it’s no wonder the vinyl resurgence has exploded in the last several years.
People often talk about the warmth and the sonic characteristics of vinyl. I see (or hear) the truth in all of that, and while it is important to me, it really is the connection to the music and the album that vinyl brings, and the dedication to the immersive listening experience it creates that make vinyl so important to me.”
—Glenn Thomas
Reassure Me There’s A Window, the debut release from Glenn Thomas arrives in stores on May 15, 2020—on sunny yellow vinyl.
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