Format Details: Orange Swirl Vinyl Edition / Orange Swirl Vinyl
Release Date: 11 August 2023
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064015741
Genres: Rock Alternative
Description
Galaxie 500 co-founder Dean Wareham took his penchant for crafting sneakily
hooky indie pop songs with gorgeously melodic, Television-esque guitar work
into the '90s with his band Luna. The group made four critically-acclaimed
albums for Elektra…but in 1999, the label dropped them on the eve of
releasing The Days of Our Nights, leaving them without American distribution (the album was eventually released on the short-lived Jericho imprint). As a result, The Days of Our Nights has been hard to find over the years; in fact,
this marks the first time it's been available as a stand-alone vinyl release
in the U.S. But it really is a lost gem in their catalog; as Wareham says
"Sometimes all you remember is the pain of making a record, or the events
swirling around its release, and it's only years later you come to appreciate
the songs. The Days of Our Nights sounds like classic Luna, and we still
play a handful of these songs in our live set."
Highlights include "Superfreaky Memories" (a hit for the band in Spain),
"U.S. Out of My Pants!," "Hello Little One" (written for Noah Baumbach's
film Mr Jealousy), and a beautiful, Velvets-y cover of "Sweet Child O' Mine"
complete with a breathtaking solo by guitarist Sean Eden. Our Real Gone
reissue features an orange swirl pressing housed inside a jacket and inner
sleeve featuring lyrics. Highly recommended!
Tracklisting
The Donnas
Tiny Tim
The Soul Searchers
Stina Nordenstam
Jesse Ed Davis
Fanny
William S. Fischer
Walter Bishop Jr
Stina Nordenstam
Japanese Television
Various Artists
The Durutti Coloumn
The Durutti Coloumn
Pixies
NXTOFKIN
Durutti Coloumn
