Four hours of slow-core bliss that'll make you feel 22 and heartbroken in the best way.
Prepare to rock out with this extensive compilation of live performance footage, television appearances and music videos of alternative Boston rockers Galaxie 500, who specialized in moody rock dirges in the late 1980s. Included are performances at the Middle East in Cambridge, Mass. (featuring previously unreleased material "Back in Your Life" and "Buzz in My Head"), the Kennel Club in San Francisco and Club Lingerie in Hollywood.
Sound
That liquid guitar tone that invented sad indie kids.
Practical Effects
Grainy VHS footage that actually enhances the mystique.
Editing
Four hours that somehow feel like one long beautiful sigh.
Director
Roger Bova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This documentary captures the exact moment indie rock stopped being a secret and started becoming a career path—Galaxie 500 were too early for the money and too pure for the game.
Dean Wareham allegedly recorded his vocals lying on the floor, which explains everything about why this footage feels like watching someone dream in public.
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