When Galaxie 500’s Today was released in 1988, it set off a chain reaction of quiet explosions still being felt. Never before had a record so emphasized the calming elements of rock music, transforming what at first seems like a collection of bridges into fully realized songs. Harvard grads who intuitively eliminated any histrionic tradition to rock songs, leaving core emotion (not for nothing did they include a cover of “Don’t Let Our Youth Go to Waste,” by the kings of feeling, the Modern Lovers). The music, recorded with what many thought at the time was too much reverb, sounds present, alive, and indeed a product of today.

Tracklist:

Flowers
Pictures
Parking Lot
Dont Let Our Youth Go To Waste
Temperatures Rising
Oblivious
Its Getting Late
Instrumental
Tugboat