Memory Tapes

Davye Hawke makes wistful electronic pop as Memory Tapes. After the split of Hail Social, Hawke began composing two different types of music under different names: he issued dance-oriented instrumentals as Weird Tapes, and atmospheric pieces with vocals as Memory Cassette. He released music from both projects for free. After signing to Acephale and Something in Construction, he released one more EP, Rewind While Sleeping, as Memory Cassette. In 2009, he combined his projects’ names and approaches into Memory Tapes for the critically acclaimed Bicycle single. It was the first taste of Memory Tapes' debut album, Seek Magic, which appeared that September. In January 2011, “Today Is Our Life” heralded the slower, trippier sound of that July’s Player Piano. ~ Heather Phares