Chappell Roan’s deployment of bygone sounds and images offers more than nostalgia. The idea of the analog indicates a mode of being that is always referring to and standing in for something else, even as it also often provides simple and direct relationships between people, things, the world. In a very different context, theorist of film and photography Kaja Silverman has called it “the miracle of analogy.” The analog “is what it is” and is more than what it is, simultaneously: its points of reference and interaction open up a world of meaning. It’s full of complexity and incredibly straightforward at the same time.