The Portable Galaxie 500

“Though the partnership between Harvard students Dean Wareham, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang was a brief one, Galaxie 500's sonic handprints can be found on almost every {post-punk}/{space rock}/shoegaze act that followed them. Listeners who found 1996's four-disc eponymous box set a little too daunting have another option in Rykodisc's Portable Galaxie 500, a 13-track {dream pop} novel that dutifully displays the group's minimalist, {lo-fi} grandeur through standout cuts like Fourth of July, Tugboat, and Blue Thunder. It's no On Fire or Today, but if sifting through these pre-slowcore nuggets sends people in the direction of those two landmark records, then it can only be a good thing.” ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide