Memory Tapes

[miaedu]

Memory Tapes, a/k/a Dayve Hawk, has been blowing up the blogs for a little while now, and the anticipation for Seek Magic has been building to a heated fervor.

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[miaedu]

So beautiful...

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memory tapes is a one man band based in new jersey. he's been dropping bombs (as memory cassette and weird tapes) on gorillavsbear through 2008 to huge acclaim and massive blog proliferation. 'seek magic' is the debut album - limited to just 1000 copies. the sound is nostalgic both aesthetically and emotionally - so there is little surprise when comparisons drift to outfits such as cocteau twins, my bloody valentine, new order and boards of canada. more established pop references come through as well with echoes of classic motown and girl groups. this is the first in a steady stream of releases from memory tapes. he wants to make two albums per year. next up is a psychedelic girl group record.

 

[DC00777]

I love this album. Stop Talking is my favorite song on it.

 

[miaedu]

I love this album. Stop Talking is my favorite song on it.

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[miaedu]

"I don't really go to that many places," said Dayve Hawk, the reclusive figure behind the ghostly synthpop project Memory Tapes, when he talked to Pitchfork a few months ago. "I live out here in Jersey and record and spend time with my four-year-old daughter." Hawk doesn't drive or own a phone. But somehow, some way, he'll make it out to England next month to play his first solo live shows ever.

At the moment, Memory Tapes is only booked for two shows-- one in Manchester and one in London. U.S. dates are in the works as well.
In other Hawk news, Memory Tapes has a new single in the works. "Graphics" is due January 11 from Something in Construction. The six-minute original track first appeared on Seek Magic, Memory Tapes' BNM'ed album, but Hawk has edited it down to three-and-a-half minutes for the single.

Memory Tapes

01-16 Manchester, England - The Corner
01-20 London, England - Luminaire *

 

[miaedu]

Urban Outfitters stores in the UK will start carrying a double-disc reissue of Seek Magic, Memory Tapes' debut on February 8. The reissue, which will also be available digitally as an iTunes exclusive, will include a second CD. It's only four tracks long, but those four tracks add up to 48 minutes of music.

Seek Magic reissue CD2:

01 Bicycle (The Horrors' Cosmic Dub)
02 Graphics (Remodel Edit)
03 Walk Me Home
04 Treeship

Tour dates:

01-16 Manchester, England - The Corner
01-19 London, England - The Social
01-20 London, England - Luminaire *

02-03 New York, NY - Bell House
02-16 Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Hotel
02-19 Philadelphia, PA - TBA
02-20 New York, NY - Tribeca Grand
02-26 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
02-27 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

03-04 Paris, France - Point Ephemere
03-05 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
03-06 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso ^
03-07 Berlin, Germany - TBA
03-09 Brighton, England - Freebutt
03-10 Sheffield, England - The Harley
03-11 Manchester, England - The Deaf Institute
03-12 Glasgow, Scotland - Captain's Rest
03-13 London, England - Cargo

03-18-20 Austin, TX - SXSW

* with Pantha Du Prince, Fitness Club Fiasco
^ with Hot Chip

 

[miaedu]

Memory Tapes "Yes I Know

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