Memory Tapes
Seek Magic
Acephale
out August 25th
71 /100
[Rating Scale]
Memory Tapes’s debut Seek Magic is all about bait and switch. At first, each track sucks you into a lo-fi universe. It’s engaging, but not something I haven’t already heard a million times before; for the most part, it’s a generic forgettable cloudy day in the land of Seek Magic. And oddly enough, that’s where the magic starts. The album at its transcendent best are the moments when a gap in the dense cloudfog lets Memory Tapes’s sunnier side shine through, and like a hot-boxed concert venue in between DJ sets, suddenly the lights dim, a spotlight falls, and through all that reverb-soaked haze comes a thumping bassline, a huge synth, a guitar solo, and with it a burst of aural euphoria straight to the mainline vein. Continue reading →
Posts Tagged: Weird Tapes
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Oct 09
Memory Tapes – Seek Magic, Album Review
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May 09
Weird Tapes Remixes Britney Spears, If U Seek Amy/Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heads Will Roll
If U Seek Amy (Weird Tapes Remix)
It’s a good muffled remix that picks up in the middle, but the fun and energy of the original seem to get lost in this translation.
Though Britney’s own melodic double entendre doesn’t come in until about mid-way through the song, the robotic “Fuck Me, Fuck Me” voice makes some much needed extra appearances in this version.
Heads Will Roll (Weird Tapes Remix)
Karen O’s vocals are much more prominently featured on the Heads Will Roll Remix than Britney’s was on the If U Seek Amy Remix and this remix is much more likely to garner repeat listens but again, you find yourself missing the energy and fun of the original.
Out of the two though, this one is hands down the keeper. Grab them both after the jump Continue reading →
