“We’re 1990’s pop,” sang The Prats, aligning themselves with the
future. But what did The Prats imagine
pop music would be like, ten years on, in 1990?
And how do we think pop music sounded in 1990?
Chrome Extra,
the forty-second edition of YHO, tackles the issue of 1990’s pop, with the help
of a cassette tape unexpectedly rediscovered after 20-odd years in storage. It is the snapshot of a moment, but what
story has it got to share? What secrets
can it reveal? What connections does it
suggest? What is missing from the
tape? The answers to these questions,
and a whole lot more, will unfold when you read Chrome Extra.
As a bonus, there is a lovingly
put-together YouTube playlist available
here which approximately recreates the cassette’s contents.
