Indie rock band the Memories were formed in Portland, Oregon in 2010 by childhood friends Rikky Gage and Kyle Handley, both of the punk-thrash group White Fang. Their ramshackle, lo-fi spontaneity and simple stoner pop melodies were captured on their self-titled debut released on cassette by their own label, Gnar Records, in early 2011. They soon attracted the attention of garage/punk/psych label Burger Records, which reissued their debut and would go on to champion the group, releasing several more cassettes and an LP over the next few years. All the while, the Memories continued releasing a steady stream of home-recorded tapes on Gnar and various other indies like Randy Records and OSR Tapes. In 2014, the prolific young band released its third LP, Touched by an Angel, on Lollipop Records in L.A., where the band had relocated. Later that year, Burger issued the Memories' fourth album, Hot Afternoon, produced by Sonny Smith of Sonny & the Sunsets. They returned in early 2016 with the laid-back Sensitive Player, and San Francisco label Grabbing Clouds Records and Tapes issued Live at Cloud Castle that summer. Another live recording, Tour Tape '17, appeared on Gnar in March 2017. Three months later, Burger Records released the 28-track Royal United Song Service. An album "about other people's memories," it collected made-to-order songs from an offer launched in 2015 to raise funds for a European tour. ~ Timothy Monger