Name: Solid Space: Space Museum Vinyl LP
SKU: 606969

Solid Space: Space Museum Vinyl LP

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Lone album by Matthew Vosburgh and Dan Goldstein as Solid Space, released in 1982 when they were just 18 years old. Considered by to be one of the best minimal wave records of all time, Space Museum is a singular work fusing dark acoustic guitar chords, atmospheric Casio MT-30 vamps and bossa nova drum machine rhythms (I put this on in my apartment and after the first couple bars of Afghan Dance, mybird starting singing Hotline Bling, LOL), executed with a certain playfulness thats noticeably absent in most of these austere 80s postpunk records. At its highest points, it splits the difference between the cold freeze dramatics of s and the provincial teenage dejection of Felt or , but dont fade away, its not all castrated misery here. Thoughts of the moon, the stars and a general longing for the outer limits pervade the record (many of the track titles are taken directly from Dr. Who serials and 1960s sci-fi shows), and the boys even play one for the dancefloor on Radio France. Says Vosburgh: Solid Space involved me getting on a bus with a bunch of equipment and going over to Dans house for the afternoon, one reason we always favoured light battery-powered gear. While the duos navet is directly responsible for the brilliance of these recordings, Space Museum can actually get a little grating at times (by the time the shriek-filled closing trackrolled around, GF was begging me to turn it off) but thats part of its charm, here in all its original raw and overlooked glory with two bonus tracks from the bands archive (Platform 6, Tutti Lo Sanno). Check out Destination Moon, A Darkness In My Soul, "Afghan Dance" (spiritual sister to 's ""), Please Dont Fade Away, Tenth Planet and Earthshock. Originally released on cassette in 1982 and only available on vinyl via a number of shoddy bootlegs, west coast wave saviorscome through with the first-ever legit vinyl pressing - and it sounds incredible. Includes printed insert with full album credits and lyrics plus a replica postcard featuring the original ad for the cassette. Recommended.