Casket Cassette

About

Constant Williams, known as Casket Cassette, creates music that reflects the industrial grime and perpetual sunny glow of Los Angeles. His project blends euphoria and melancholy in an expression of existential perseverance, offering what has been described as depressingly danceable music that takes a contemporary spin on the dark sounds of the 1980s post-punk movement. The artist's name originates from a childhood memory in which his father recorded a live song onto a cassette tape and placed it into his grandfather's casket as it was being lowered into the ground. Williams' lyrics often explore somber themes including mental health struggles, loss, heartbreak, addiction and recovery, while simultaneously offering glimmers of hope, humor and a determination to overcome adversity. Currently, Williams splits his time between Los Angeles, California and Iowa City, Iowa, where he is pursuing an MFA in poetry at the Iowa Writers Workshop.