(Pre-order) French Cassettes - Benzene

The album title for French Cassettes’ new album Benzene—an abstraction of frontman Lorzeno Scott Huerta’s family nickname—was chosen on a whim. “I wish I had a better explanation,” he admits. “I guess I should have Googled it first.”

The self-deprecation is classic Benz, as is this crossing of the wires between the flippant and the deeply meaningful. It’s one reason the San Francisco band’s third album holds up so well to repeated listens. Even when influences like The Magnetic Fields and The Beach Boys peek through, Huerta’s lyrical aesthetic is his own: the San Francisco band’s new album is packed to the gills with funny, memorable one-liners that take a twist for the heartbreaking. “My mother’s mother talks in comic sans,” he sings. “I will never not love her. I wish there were more emails to read.”

Benzene, recorded with Cassettes’ cofounder Mackenzie Bunch (they started the band together in High School back in Ripon, California) and drummer Rob Mills bears evidence of a band more comfortable with both taking risks and taking it easy.

About the Vinyl: 12" cloudy clear transparent vinyl in a gatefold jacket and printed inner sleeve

PRE-ORDER LP WILL SHIP 1 WEEK BEFORE JUNE 7TH, 2024. ANY PRODUCTS ORDERED WITH THIS PRE-ORDER WILL BE HELD TO SHIP TOGETHER.