Synth Single Review: “Tapeheads Unite” by Louvers

by Karl Magi

Louvers’ “Tapeheads Unite” rises to life with encouragement and neon illumination while the drums collide and the bass pushes forward. The lead singer captures the exuberance of the lyrics while tones burst out with positivity and light the whole track with thrilling brilliance.

Anticipation and celebration flow out to grasp me while tiny digital tones flicker like LEDs and trembling notes shine with uplifting energy. Warming, nostalgic chords Infuse the music with happiness and enthusiasm.

The percussion explodes while the guitar shines with dreamy radiance and the lead singer touches me with unbridled joy. The continually slipping background is cut by clean drums rebounding before the song ends.

While others dismiss them as crazy, the tape heads spend hours "baking all day until the screen lights up" and fill their time with VHS tapes and friendship. The song calls for like-minded people to unite and celebrate VHS forever in July where they meet under Pennsylvania skies.

Asking one another where they came from and if they found anything cool, the tape heads would reject you if you said VHS is dead. They spent time camping or staying in a hotel with a pool and the narrator concludes, "Ten years down the road, when I’m lost and getting old, (I’ll) remember this time and place when we brought back yesterday."