Seattle Band Corespondents Introduce a New Album Format: A Bar of Soap

by Dave SegalThe best new music format concept, bar none Dave Segal
In 34 years of music criticism, I don’t think I’ve ever received a bar of soap in the mail—until this month. Seattle quartet Corespondents included the hygiene-enhancer with a download code for their latest album, Alternative Countries. It came wrapped in a handwritten note in which the band’s guitarist/Dan Bao player Kieran Harrison-Buhlinger explained why they sent this unconventional package. “To