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'''''Seek Magic''''' is the debut studio [[album]] by American musician Dayve Hawke under the alias [[Memory Tapes]]. It was released on August 24, 2009<ref>{{cite web|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/36270-memory-tapes-reveals-debut-album/|title=Memory Tapes Reveals Debut Album|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=August 19, 2009|
The cover art features an image of the painting ''Mirage'' by [[Tomory Dodge]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Seek Magic|year=2009|publisher=Something in Construction|others=[[Memory Tapes]]|type=liner notes|id=SICNOTE049}}</ref>
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==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| ADM = 8.0/10<ref name="ADM">{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/810/Seek-Magic.aspx|title=Seek Magic by Memory Tapes reviews|publisher=[[AnyDecentMusic?]]|
| MC = 86/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/seek-magic/memory-tapes|title=Reviews for Seek Magic by Memory Tapes|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoffman|first=K. Ross|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/seek-magic-mw0001955080|title=Memory Tapes – Seek Magic|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|
| rev2 = ''[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]''
| rev2score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Erik|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/memory-tapes-seek-magic|title=Memory Tapes – Seek Magic|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=November 16, 2009|
| rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev3score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Takru|first=Radhika|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14887/reviews/4138438?search|title=Album Review: Memory Tapes – Seek Magic|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=November 18, 2009|
| rev4 = ''[[MusicOMH]]''
| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Milton|first=Jamie|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/memory-tapes-seek-magic|title=Memory Tapes – Seek Magic|work=[[MusicOMH]]|date=December 7, 2009|
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|
| rev6 = ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]''
| rev6score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web|last=Bimm|first=Jordan|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/memory-tapes/|title=Memory Tapes|work=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]|date=May 20, 2010|
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7score = 8.3/10<ref name="pf">{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Ian|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13451-seek-magic/|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=November 18, 2009|
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|
| rev9 = ''[[The Sunday Times]]''
| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Cairns|first=Dan|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/memory-tapes-seek-magic-w0blx2drg7d|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=November 22, 2009|
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|
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At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, ''Seek Magic'' received an [[weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 86, based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="MC"/> The album has an 8.0 rating on review aggregator website [[AnyDecentMusic?]] and is certified an "ADM Chart Topper".<ref name="ADM"/>
''Seek Magic'' was awarded the title of "Best New Music" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', with critic Ian Cohen praising the album as "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".<ref name="pf"/> In a 2019 retrospective piece on [[chillwave]] for ''[[Stereogum]]'', Cohen cited ''Seek Magic'' as "probably the best" chillwave album
==Track listing==
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