Over the last decade, the vinyl record renaissance has attracted new followers to a historic medium and modified our perception of a record collector: younger, both male and female, and multiracial. This same renaissance has raised the cost of music, favored established bands over independent ones, and confounded the debate over whether vinyl sounds better than other media. Vinyl Nation delves into the crates of the record revival in quest of hidden truths: Is vinyl's resurgence making music fans more inclusive or more divided? What does vinyl have to say about our history now? What has changed as a result of vinyl's second life in terms of how we listen to music and how we listen to each other?