Galaxie 500
 

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On Fire is without a doubt one of the most heartwarming albums in existence. Slowcore done flawlessly. Today is also a very good album, and This is Our Music, while the weakest of the three, isn't bad in any way and boasts one of their best songs, "Fourth of July".

"Tell Me" (live without a drumline apparently, but still a stellar performance)



"Strange"



"Tugboat" (comes with a pretty cool video of them playing likely early on in their career in a gymnasium of sorts.)



Definitely not music to listen to if you can't appreciate the brilliance that shines through simplicity (I say that with the most pretension possible!).

I wish you wouldn't say Slowcore - to me it's the least descriptive of any of the something-core words that I've heard

On the other hand, I love your use of the word "flawless" regarding Galaxie 500

Dean Wareham in general does some pretty good work. Luna is as good or better than Galaxie 500, IMO.



The album version of that was my theme song for a summer.

Haven't checked Luna out, but I might. Galaxie 500 speaks volumes to me.

Luna is good. But nothing rivals the first two Galaxie 500 albums

Hey guys, did'ja know that Conan fucking O'Brien helped them out when they were first starting? A spare drum set can go pretty far I guess.

love all 3 of their albums. Initially I wasn't too keen on the vocals, but I warmed to them eventually. I find them to have a lot more substance than most other bands you could call 'shoegaze', although I don't really think of Galaxie 500 as a shoegaze band anyway.

Yeah, Galaxie 500 didn't stress on guitar effects. Not very shoegaze-y. Although, I'm curious as to what shoegaze you're listening to, as I find a lot of it is very rich with substance... Albeit Galaxie 500 are very substance-filled in a completely different genre.

I've loved shoegaze for years, I just find Galaxie 500 to have more long-term appeal than a lot of those bands. For example, today I regard Galaxie 500 as better songwriters than MBV. It certainly hasn't always been that way, I mean I regard Loveless as one of the most important albums I ever listened to. It's strange how over time your opinions change, I remember thinking years ago about how I would always regard Loveless as my favourite album no matter WHAT, I found it so good. But although I've known Galaxie 500 almost as long, I still love them and listen to them often nowadays, which isn't the case really for MBV.

btw I only bring up shoegaze because you often see G500 mentioned in association with that style of music.

I didn't listen to this band for years and when I did it was only to "This Is Our Music". I remember that it wasn't very easy for me to get into it, but in the end I really loved it. Contrary to the poster above, the voice and the singing style were a hooking point for me and the elements of music fell in their place later (generally it's the other way around). Now that I'm reminded, I've got to renew my love for them.

"This Is Our Music" kind of disappointing me at first, but I've warmed up to it. And I am with you on the voice, he sounded so sunny and welcoming to me. The musical chemistry hit me later on.

Yeah, I understand. Galaxie 500's has a certain immediate emotional grip on you when you hear it. You kind of fall into it, and their music just ends up meaning a lot more in the end. I do love Loveless and all, but if push came to shove I could live without it, just because I only see it as the brilliant music, and not brilliant music + some sort of other connection.

Yeah i definitely grew to love Dean's voice since i first heard it, it sounds unique and has a real raw feeling of emotion in it. His voice suits the pain and loneliness of his lyrics perfectly.

This Is Our Music is my second favourite album. It's not as immediate as On Fire but you really grow to love songs like 'Fourth Of July, 'Spook' and their cover of 'Listen, The Snow Is Falling'. The extended instrumental section at the end of the latter is incredible, the actual song itself seduces you and draws you right in and then the instrumental section blows your mind. Probably the highlight of the album for me.