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86 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the debut album for Dayve Hawk as Memory Tapes.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Dot Music
    90
    If you're the sort of person who can see music--even if you can't, perhaps--this is so colourful.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Having greedily sucked the Tapes blog dry of every note I could find without so much as a by your leave to the chap generous enough to share his creations with a bunch of strangers, I waited for Seek Magic's release tingling like a tuning fork and hoping he wouldn't pull a Big Pink on me. He didn't. Seek Magic is probably my favourite album of the year.
  3. Pitchfork
    83
    A record of achingly gorgeous dance-pop that captures both the joy of nostalgia and the melancholic sense that we're grasping for good times increasingly out of reach.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. VincentD
    10
    The future of pop music as we know it. This album has the magic to uplift the uninspired and entice the casual... a colorful explosion of mental therapy.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. BTodd
    9
    Dreamy pop/electronic of the highest order.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. NachoC.
    9
    Ladies and gentleman, I present to you, the founding father of Glo Fi. Next to Neon Indian, Memory Tapes has given birth to the Glo Fi movement. This album is an achievement, although drawn out at times it is phenomenal. Highly recommended.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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