{"product_id":"galaxie-500-on-fire-lp","title":"GALAXIE 500 'ON FIRE' LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eblack vinyl LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eOn Fire is widely recognized as the canonic pinnacle of Galaxie 500's career. The artwork conveys this, with a low-angle shot of the band, looking up towards an amber sky. This record marked the realization of their signature sound.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNowhere is it clearer than on the album opener, \"Blue Thunder,\" the closest a song can come to waves crashing on a beach in song form. Lyrically inconsequential, with a chorus composed entirely of \"la\"s, the track's power lies in a systematic build and break of intensity that reaches a Spector-like climax. It is the quintessential Galaxie 500 song, encapsulating all that was great about the band.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith the Boston trio once again utilizing the bizarre genius of producer Mark Kramer, On Fire sounds like anything but. The guitars are warm blankets enwrapping Dean Wareham's vocals, percolated by the open percussion of Damon Krukowski and anchored by the emotion-laden bass of Naomi Yang. Songs like \"Snowstorm,\" \"Strange,\" and \"Decomposing Trees\" have an endless quality, without beginnings or ends, but rather frozen somewhere on a spectrum of melancholy.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor the first time since its original pressing, On Fire is available again on vinyl. Cut by vinyl ace Kevin Gray from a remaster by Kramer and Alan Douches, the album sounds more vibrant than ever, and Galaxie 500 exists again as one of the most enrapturing and glorious bands to emerge from the underground in the past 25 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe also have the other \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.brooklynvegan.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Galaxie*\"\u003eGalaxie 500 records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIDHEAVEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67497763143898,"sku":"GALAXIE-500-ON-FIRE-LP","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4709\/4490\/files\/image_fc76799a-ad0e-4f29-b7b3-731417925396.jpg?v=1791230991","url":"https:\/\/metaledgemag.com\/products\/galaxie-500-on-fire-lp","provider":"Metal Edge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}