Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes | ||||
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Studio album by The Music Tapes | ||||
Released | August 19, 2008 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 43:21 | |||
Label | Merge Records | |||
The Music Tapes chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Coke Machine Glow | (83%) |
No Ripcord | (8/10) |
Pitchfork Media | (7.9/10) |
Prefix Magazine | |
Spin | |
Tiny Mix Tapes |
Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes is an album by The Music Tapes, a project consisting mainly of Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster, released in 2008 by Merge Records. Koster spent nine years recording the album using mainly antique hardware and such as a 1895 Edison wax cylinder recorder, a 1940's wire recorder, a "state of the art hard drive", and reel to reel tape recorders.