Title: American Summer
Genre: Garage rock
EP
2014
Favorite Track: Dream About You
Available as: Download, 7" vinyl (Randy)
The Memories are a garage rock/stoner pop band, originally from Portland, that you don't need to be tokin' up to enjoy. Their lo-fi, chill atmosphere along with nice melodies, make for an incredibly enjoyable package, even in a record that's only around 8 minutes long.
They do a fair amount of genre-hopping in the six tracks on this EP, most of which are under a minute and a half long. They play reverb-heavy electric pop on a couple tracks and sweet fuzz-laden garage rock on "Creamsicle" but then switch to mostly acoustic instruments for a relaxed, folky feel to the rest of the EP. The atmosphere here is super relaxing all the way through. I think the guy on the cover looks like he's listening to the album - he's the perfect representation of the EP's chill vibe.
This is the band's first 7" release - they had done a couple of LPs and a whole bunch of cassette albums and EPs, but they'd never done a 7 before. It's put out by Chicago's Randy Records, which is run by one super nice guy out of his apartment. You can buy the digital album on Bandcamp, but it's kind of expensive. If you're going to spend the money, I recommend just buying the 7" from Randy. It's on Spotify for free listening as well. Even if you don't like it (and I'd be surprised if you didn't), it won't waste much of your time, but trust me, this is one you'll want to play over and over.
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