The Real Reason Gen Z Yearns for Vinyl

There’s a particular kind of focus that happens when you’re record hunting. Your brain gets quiet. Your hands do the thinking. Flip, flip, flip, through album art, spines, names you love, names you forgot you loved. Start at the end of the alphabetized rock section: Weezer. The Strokes. Then the Indie Pop/Shoegaze bin: the familiar dark-red cover of Beach House’s Depression Cherry.