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They are Japanese. Hiding Place is an unabashed approximation of early Galaxie 500 but a massively gorgeous one, on par with On Fire in many respects. After After Hours I only heard once and don't remember.

And then Happy / Trance Mellow. At the time I didn't understand why this didn't get much attention in the US. It's a very particular record, the complete apex of a certain sound -- dreampop, Eno-ambient, analog drones, subtle electronics, POP -- and that's precisely what makes it so massive and impressive: two discs of mindboggling breadth and sweetness, all in giant dreamy synthetic washes. It's a big dreampop double-album, and however you're imagining it it's ten times more. It's also the only record I own on which my favorite bit is a four-minute organ solo.

So who has heard it? Love for life or immediately sickened? I was bowled over by this and only later learned that no one else found it particularly relevant.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 29 August 2002 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Of course it's not relevant, nobody likes that indie crap. ;-)

Only heard Hiding Place and I liked it quite a bit. Who released these other albums over here?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 August 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

World Domination, though I'm not sure they're still in print! Happy / Trance Mellow is better than Just for a Day, Ned.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 29 August 2002 16:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Make not such sweeping claims without honest belief in what you are saying, or you shall pay for it dearly.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 August 2002 16:35 (twenty-three years ago)

The only Galaxie 500 pastiche out there more convincing than Sugarplant's early work is the first Tacoma Radar single.

They're good, but.....

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 29 August 2002 21:06 (twenty-three years ago)

i have after after hours and it isn't much galaxie 500, i always thought it was a more interesting mazzy star.

― keith, Thursday, 29 August 2002 23:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, the G500 thing was really just Hiding Place. I've concluded that more people must at least hear Happy / Trance Mellow.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 30 August 2002 03:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I liked Happy / Trance Mellow quite a bit even though I can't remember what it sounded like. I remember a lot of the people at the radio station I was at played it. So that means it must be likeable to all sorts - not just indieshmindie people.

― marianna, Friday, 30 August 2002 07:40 (twenty-three years ago)

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