Dean and Britta give Galaxie 500 songs a new life
Galaxie 500 made three albums that sounded like nothing else in 1988-90, and then broke up. Since then, the Boston trio’s legacy of beautiful, slow-burn guitar jangle has only expanded, its place in postpunk history growing larger by the decade.
But the possibility of a reunion tour of guitarist-singer Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang seems more remote than ever. The trio broke up acrimoniously, and two decades later the old wounds still haven’t healed. “A reunion would be like going back to the old girlfriend you had when you were 17,” Wareham says, quoting David Byrne.
The band members have done just fine apart. Wareham went on to form Luna, and lately has been recording and touring with his wife (and former Luna bassist), Britta Phillips, as Dean and Britta. Krukowski and Yang, meanwhile, have released a series of albums as Damon and Naomi.
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