New Additions: Straight To Video by Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments

While music formats have changed consistently, the 1990s were dominated by the compact disc. For some, this was a step backwards in sound quality. However, with the resurgence of vinyl in the past decade, many albums released exclusively on CD have been getting re-releases on vinyl. That includes Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartment's sophomore release Straight To Video, originally released by Anyway Records in 1997 after their brief stint on a major label. In 2015, the band reissued the album on vinyl via Straight To Video Records, which I picked up recently from Used Kids. To my ears, TJSA is band better heard on vinyl, their raw energy and sharp edges properly captured and reproduced by analog.