In the late eighties, Galaxy 500 released On Fire, an album that seemed to have fallen out of time. With their dreamy sound arrangements, dreamy indie, psychedelic influences and sparkling guitar passages, they struck a chord with the times, but went unnoticed by the masses.
Dean Wareham was the head of the band and knew how to create a symbiosis between Johnathan Richman, Spacemen 3 and Velvet Underground. After three albums, the band broke up and Wareham tried to gain a foothold with Luna, but was unable to build on his previous successes. He eventually retired to New Zealand and released several records with his wife Britta in recent years.
In the past few days, he has released his fourth solo album and in a few songs he really does manage to bring the magic of Galaxy 500 back to life. In his best moments, Wareham plays a casual dream-pop with his own guitar solos. Unfortunately, he doesn't manage to maintain this quality over the whole time and so, once again, only a few songs will be remembered.
