Cassette

In late 2013, Preoccupations —then known as Viet Cong— released a small-run cassette EP only available on tour. Over the course of a year, Matt Flegel and Scott Munro worked in their basement studio with a mess of old and run down equipment to build a set of fresh material. Joined by bandmates Daniel Christiansen and Michael Wallace, the band completed work on an debut cassette. What emerged from the studio was a mixture of sharply-angled rhythm workouts and euphoric ‘60s garage pop-esque melodies, balanced with a penchant for drone-y, VU-styled downer moments, and became a hard-to-find classic.  

The Calgary-based band Women came to an end with the tragic death of guitarist Christopher Reimer; Matt Flegel and Mike Wallace from the band have picked up the pieces with their new project, Viet Cong. "Cassette", originally a tour-only release, is the group's scrappy introduction to the world.