2011 album from the Indie duo, best known for their work as 2/3rds of Galaxie 500. False Beats And True Hearts is their first album of new recordings in four years. A record of lush possibility and depth, False Beats And True Hearts fuses the skill of music veterans with the fervor of artists continuing to create at the top of their craft. With the reissue of the first Damon & Naomi record, a retrospective of their mid-career highlights, and, perhaps most notably, re-releases of all three seminal Galaxie 500 albums, there's been a lot of looking back. It's therefore appropriate that the first song off the album is "Walking Backwards," an ode to the joy of nostalgia and warmth of reflection.

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In 2005, Damon & Naomi released The Earth Is Blue, an album that looked out to all the places they had visited and cultures they've experienced. Now, two years later, and two decades into their uniquely realized career, the duo cast their view inward with the release of Within These Walls. With emotional songs of highly personalized lyrics, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang explore the depths of the human condition, with its pain and loss and tragedy balled up with the quiet beauty of existence.
And, beyond life itself, where to look for inspiration on such solemn topics? Everyone has their own sources, but Krukowski and Yang took it directly to the Chairman of the Board. "We bought lots of Frank Sinatra LPs, cleaning out the local stores. He released one sad album and one happy album a year, you can tell by whether he's smiling or frowning on the cover." Listening to the production style of those albums (especially the sad ones!), how the arrangements were able to load on instruments while keeping the vocals pure and clear, provided a new approach for how Damon & Naomi would go about recording the new record, which has a greater amount of varied instrumentation than they ever used before. Saxophonist Bhob Rainey arranged horn and also lush string accompaniment (including cello performed by Helena Espvall of Espers), while the "silent third member" of Damon & Naomi, Michio Kurihara, contributes his skills as one of the world's greatest guitar players throughout.
Damon & Naomi have fully realized their ideal of how to be a band. With their own record label, recording their album completely at home, and with a national tour with Boris coming up this Fall, the duo have achieved a mastery over their music and careers. Within These Walls reflects that newfound freedom, taking new chances while maintaining a fundamental honesty. Never before have Damon & Naomi been so direct and forthright, nor so musically captivating.

Japanese pressing of the Galaxie 500 stars' 2005 album has earliest release (domestic due February 14th). P-Vine.

Vinyl LP pressing. 2011 album from the Indie duo, best known for their work as 2/3rds of Galaxie 500. False Beats And True Hearts is their first album of new recordings in four years. A record of lush possibility and depth, False Beats And True Hearts fuses the skill of music veterans with the fervor of artists continuing to create at the top of their craft. With the reissue of the first Damon & Naomi record, a retrospective of their mid-career highlights, and, perhaps most notably, re-releases of all three seminal Galaxie 500 albums, there's been a lot of looking back. It's therefore appropriate that the first song off the album is "Walking Backwards," an ode to the joy of nostalgia and warmth of reflection.