Tabatha

“Look, this is the collection of someone who hasn't spent decades rotting in their own nostalgia. 18 records from the 2020s compared to 11 from the 90s? That's a fucking anomaly in this store. Most people come in here trying to rebuild their high school bedroom; you're actually tracking the current state of pop and hip-hop while keeping a solid anchor in that early 90s grunge heavy-hitter lane with those Alice In Chains records. It’s a bit of a scattergun approach, though. With 39 records spread across 36 different labels, you're bouncing around the sonic map like a pinball. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it shows a lack of loyalty to any specific sound or label ecosystem. You're following the artists—Billie, Kendrick, Mac, Paramore—and that’s fine, but you're missing out on the deeper history of the labels that actually put this shit out. Still, it's a tight, lean 39-record run. You don't have thousands of discs of filler and thrift store trash. You own what you listen to, and that counts for something. Just stop buying records from 36 different labels and maybe find a few imprints you actually trust, or you're going to lose your mind trying to alphabetize this shit in another five years.”