Memory Tapes

Add Date: July 5 

Artist: Memory Tapes 

Album: Player Piano 

Label: Carpark 

Genre: Indie pop 

Comments: From the promoter: "Player Piano is the second full-length from Davye Hawk's Memory Tapes... Simply put, there are lots of catchy tunes here: sing-along choruses throughout the album and songs that feel very immediate and accessible, despite consistently dark lyrics that describe a disconnected mindset and a profound sense of isolation... Largely eschewing modern beats this time in favor of 'drums that sound like The Kinks' '60s record', there are still the spaces of modern R'n'B, along with '50s doo wop, krautrock and a couple of nods to Aphex Twin."

This is very chill (chillwave?) indie pop that will appeal to fans of Small Black, Wild Nothing and Hawk's labelmate Toro y Moi. Spin "Wait in the Dark", "Today Is Our Life" and "Offers".