“Recently there was a rumor that Amoeba in Hollywood was gonna close—real glad that isn’t happening.”
“Not only was Amoeba the first record store to carry our music, they also hooked me up. One time I went in to pick up an Animal Collective record, and on the way out the guy running their coat check asked me if I wanted a box of records. People donate vinyl to Amoeba all the time, and some of it’s in unplayable (or at least unsellable) condition.
I took the offer. Inside were lots of broken discs, but also working copies of Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix and Round About Midnight by Miles Davis. I love streaming music, but I wouldn’t have listened to those records nearly as much if I didn’t get them in that fluke turn of events.
Pressing vinyl was a high point of the year for us. I know that listening to music on records isn’t for everybody, but “Handstand” and “Please, Say Something” sound a million times richer and closer to how they sound in my imagination on vinyl as opposed to through my iPhone speaker.”
—Hank Fontaine
The Fontaines EP, “ii” is in stores now—on vinyl.
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