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They are not making a comeback, it is marketing. Just like vinyl. It will be a comeback when you can walk into Best Buy and see a row of tape players and turntables. Until then it is is just a marketing angle. Oh, and don’t sign with a label that exclusively releases music on tape. Think about the future, not the past.<\/p>\n
Four years ago, cassette tapes were headed toward their funeral. In 2007, British tabloid The Sun declared the death of the cassette, after the announcement that a major electronics retailer in the United Kingdom would cease selling cassette tapes. In 2009, the webzine Pop Matters bid cassettes good riddance: \u201cSome mediums are just meant to die and never experience a revival. Cassettes seem destined to fall into this category.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then, last year, cassettes began to rise from the dead. In the fall, NPR reported that cassettes were having a \u201ckind of\u201d revival, with at least 25 labels in the United States putting out new music exclusively on tape. In a lengthy essay in Pitchfork, contributor Marc Hogan detailed examples of the \u201cbroader underground resurgence\u201d of cassettes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n