Written by Shea Roney | Photos by Averi Love Little and Breaden Long |Video by Amaya Peña

“Two cars and two bands, with long drives and a new party each night. Watching a songbook change form each night and get tired by morning. Memory Card and Kitship’s big road trip.”

At the beginning of December 2025, Chicago’s own Kitship and Memory Card went on a two-week Midwest and Southern tour. The two bands consisted of 8 friends and longtime collaborators; Amaya Peña, Seamus Moore, Averi Love Little, Braeden Long and Nate Wolf as the Kitship band, and Henry Tart, Nathan McMurray, David Tierney and Seamus Moore (once again) as Memory Card.

Kitship is the project of Amaya Peña, whose songwriting thrives in open spaces; rearing with both the endless possibilities that it offers, as well as the reflective solitude of being left out to shiver for too long. Earlier this month Peña released the lights are out, a collection of songs originally demoed in Alaska back in 2025, now being shared again with hopes of more music on its way. Upon layered guitars and Peña’s voice as a reflection point, emphasizing both presence and perspective, these songs are just as lasting as the bits of yourself you can look back on with both a laugh and a sigh.

Memory Card is Henry Tart’s place to be fully enveloped in his own little world; pencil etches and eraser streaks sketch a growing catalog of enduring sentiments and melodically enriched lo-fi swooners. Upon the release of his latest full-length album, 2023’s As the Deer, Tart embraced more broken structures; where tension and intuition link arms and sincerity break the hold, beautifully capturing that triumphant feeling of making it through another rough day while still looking forward to whatever is next. Keep an eye out for new music from Memory Card very very soon.

Look through our latest tour diary with Kitship and Memory Card, documented with photos and videos by Averi Love Little and Braeden Long, as well as a mix tape made with love from each band.

Kitship is about to hit the road with Chaepter on another tour starting on February 24th in St. Louis. Listen to the lights are out now.

Catch Memory Card playing around town, as well as read Henry’s blog, summerfunmusic. Listen to Memory Card’s whole catalog now.