On their self-released album, Small Time Machine, Jason Drake settles the (Sixteen Candles) score.
By
Matt Diehl
February 29, 2008
“I try so hard, but nobody knows my name,” sings Jason Drake, the musical mastermind behind Cassettes Won’t Listen. He won’t be anonymous for long if this debut, calling to mind Beck and the Postal Service, is any indication. Drake is a singer-songwriter who uses bedroom electronica as a foundation; dubstep effects, glitch-hop beats and New Wave synths all bubble through his material. His influences, however, don’t explain how resonant, individual, and affecting his songs are. If John Hughes were to make Sixteen Candles today, he’d get Cassettes Won’t Listen to do the score.
