Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang are musical and life partners based in Cambridge MA. They were two thirds of the literate dream pop outfit Galaxie 500. In that band, Damon played drums, Naomi played bass, and Dean Wareham played guitar. Wareham would go on to form the mildly successful indie rock group Luna that has been positively reviewed in this blog before. On this evening, Damon strummed a 12 string acoustic and Naomi alternated between keys and bass. They both sang and continued with the literate dream pop mode. Several tunes came from their recent release A Sky Record. The setlist included How Do I Say Goodbye, The Robot Speaks, How Long, Sailing By, Between The Wars, Season Without Time. The theme of the evening was “almost pretty” which could be a compliment or a dis. The pair spent the day slogging up the Merritt from Philly and decided that Connecticut was almost pretty. The songs were hushed and beautiful with the video store providing perfect acoustics. The show was a Fernando Pinto production and he has moved his East Rock Concert series from the Mactivity Gym space to Best Video. They played an excellent cover of Tim Buckley’s Song To The Siren, Damon noted that Buckley played the song on the final episode of The Monkees. Show highlight was Turn of the Century, a tune from 1998 that was literal.
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