Cassette Kids
High-voltage Australian dance-punk that pairs jagged guitars with neon synths. Energetic, rhythmic, and built for sweaty basement floors.
High-voltage Australian dance-punk that pairs jagged guitars with neon synths. Energetic, rhythmic, and built for sweaty basement floors.
Cassette Kids sound like the exact moment an indie rock show turns into a rave. Their music is defined by a propulsive, four-on-the-floor energy that borrows the grit of garage rock and the sleekness of late-2000s electro. It is music that feels perpetually in motion, driven by overdriven basslines and sharp, staccato guitar stabs that cut through the mix like strobe lights.
What sets them apart is the vocal presence of Katrina Noorbergen, whose delivery oscillates between a cool, detached swagger and an explosive, soulful belt. Unlike many of their new-rave contemporaries who leaned heavily into irony, Cassette Kids maintain a raw, earnest intensity. The production is punchy and compressed, emphasizing the rhythmic interplay between the live drums and the buzzing synthesizers.
Start with their debut album Nothing on TV to hear them at their most refined, or dive into the We Are EP for a more unpolished, high-octane introduction. It is the perfect soundtrack for anyone who misses the era when skinny jeans and synthesizers ruled the airwaves.
Cassette Kids are a Sydney-based band formed in 2007. They won the Unearthed Sydney 2008 Big Day Out competition and were nominated for a 2008 Unearthed J Award. Their song "You Take It" was a Triple J's Ausmusic Month featured track and had a video made for it which has appeared on Channel V, MTV and rage. Another song, "Acrobat", was on high rotation on Triple J. In October 2008 they released their debut mini album We Are. The band have toured nationally with The Presets, as well as British pop singer Lily Allen, The Fratellis, Ben Lee, Bluejuice, The Music and New Young Pony Club. In October 2009, Cassette Kids released the single "Lying Around", which appears on their debut album Nothing on TV, released on 16 April 2010.
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