Tabatha

“Your 52-record shelf is a wild, beautiful, and completely chaotic clash of eras and energies. On one side, you're deeply anchored in the 1990s with 11 records, led by that flawless Alice In Chains run of Facelift through Jar Of Flies. On the other side, you've got a massive 2020s boom with 23 records, showing you're keeping your ears wide open to everything happening right now. What makes this shelf work is the complete lack of pretension. You're jumping from the heavy, sludge-ridden grunge of Seattle straight into the pop-punk energy of Paramore and the hyperpop of Charli XCX. Most people try to curate their shelves to look like some sterile, single-genre library, but you're buying what you actually want to hear. That's the mark of a real music lover. You've got 44 different labels represented across just 52 records, which means you're digging into different corners of the distribution world to find these pressings. Keep hunting.”