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The one change that worked: I’ve ditched streaming for CDs – and fallen in love with music all over again
The lure of a limitless digital jukebox was great, but as the algorithm increasingly served up music I didn’t enjoy, I’ve taken back control of my listening
It’s apparently a very annoying habit: as a student (way before the days of Spotify), one housemate was so utterly exasperated with me blasting Urban Hymns by the Verve around the house that they barged into my room, ejected the CD and flung it out the window. I now read reviews in NME and the Guardian, and use Shazam to identify things I like the sound of on telly, as I did with Silk by Wolf Alice after hearing it on the T2 Trainspotting soundtrack. Sure, it involves lining Jeff Bezos’s pockets and playing: “what time will the Amazon delivery man turn up?” But you can’t beat the feeling of holding something physical in your hand.
Or read this on The Guardian