Feature / One Question Interviews
Battery Licker

Words: Loren • January 16, 2024

Battery Licker
Battery Licker

Battery Licker

SPB: As a synthy band, I’ll assume you keep up with tech changes. How has the increasingly digitalization of the music industry changed how you consume or listen to music?

Battery Licker: The increased digitization of the music industry has translated to us listening to a lot of artists through streaming services when we’re on the go (my old discman has no competition no matter how much “antiskip protection” it claimed to have). When we’re at home we definitely prefer “hard” copies, especially vinyl. We grew up reading all of the lyrics to songs on the album sleeves/artwork and some of us had to hide all of this in our rooms as teenagers since it was the satanic panic / shock rock era and parents were so afraid of music.

Loren • January 16, 2024

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