Galaxie 500 - Today

Galaxie 500 - Today

$60.00 AUD

Black Vinyl

Today moves slowly on purpose. Galaxie 500 strip everything back until the space becomes the sound. Guitar, bass and drums stay simple, but the feeling keeps widening. Nothing rushes. Nothing tries to impress. Dream pop before it became shorthand. Slowcore before anyone needed the label. Quiet, fragile and completely locked in its own atmosphere.

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The details.

Format, pressing and tracklist.

About the album.

Originally released in 1988, Today is the debut studio album from Galaxie 500. Recorded at Noise New York with producer Kramer, the album introduced the Boston trio’s spare, reverb-heavy sound and helped lay the foundations for what would later be described as dream pop and slowcore.

Featuring Flowers, Pictures, Tugboat and Oblivious, the album captures Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang and Damon Krukowski at their most minimal and direct. The songs are simple on the surface, but the mood is unmistakable: open space, restrained playing and a feeling that hangs in the air long after the record ends.

Soft, patient and quietly influential, Today remains a defining Galaxie 500 release and an essential record for fans of dream pop, slowcore and atmospheric indie rock.

Tracklist.

Side A

  1. Flowers
  2. Pictures
  3. Parking Lot
  4. Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste

Side B:

  1. Temperature's Rising
  2. Oblivious
  3. It's Getting Late
  4. Instrumental
  5. Tugboat
Pressing details.
Format
1LP
Sleeve

Standard sleeve

Vinyl colour

Black

Label
Aurora Records
Condition
Brand new (factory sealed)
Care and packaging.

All records are handled minimally and shipped factory sealed to preserve condition. Orders are packed in purpose-built LP mailers and dispatched within one to two business days.
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