Memory Tapes + Sleep ? Over + BELL

Less than two years after it began burning up the blogosphere, chillwave has reached a show-and-prove moment, with many of the microgenre’s major acts releasing sophomore albums seemingly designed to cement previously free-floating artistic identities. Sounds like a drag, yet New Jersey’s Memory Tapes pulls it off on its new record, Player Piano, without sacrificing the essential lightness that distinguished 2010’s Seek Magic.