Stray-X "The Record" is a deceptive work. On the surface, it may appear to be a celebration of retro-futurism or graphic design, but its core is far more subversive. It acts as a mirror for our anxieties about permanence in a transient age. It reminds us that every record is a form of editing, and that in our rush to document everything, we may be building monuments to a future that will never be able to read them. It is a vital piece of critique that asks us to value the messy, unrecorded present over the pristine, decaying past.