RECORD SCRATCH

LOST RECORDS: BLOOM & RAGE TAPE 2 leaves more dead space than game

- By Autumn Wright

When I sat down to finish Lost Records, I realised how deeply the quartet of punk girls finding themselves through riot grrrl had already sunk into my heart. How could they not when I saw so much of myself - who I was, who I wanted to be - in them. It was obvious this would be everyone's last summer together, though with many questions left unanswered, I hoped I could somehow rewind to change things. Instead, Bloom & Rage Tape 2 leaves mostly dead space.

I want to draw out the wordplay. It's mimetic how Tape 2 arrives after delays that signal development problems. Bugs and the short length give it away.