DAMON & NAOMI

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Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang started playing music together as the rhythm section, co-songwriters, and sometime singers in Galaxie 500. When that band ended, they continued as a duo, first recording for Shimmy Disc and then on a series of albums for Sub Pop Records. In 2005, they formed their own label (20/20/20) and have since released three further Damon & Naomi albums – The Earth Is Blue, Within These Walls, and False Beats and True Hearts – alongside reissues of their own and the Galaxie 500 back catalogue.

"A quarter of a century ago, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang sold the world that pervasive slowcore guitar sound with Galaxie 500, then split to work as a duo with subtler methods. They have been peddling diaphanous acid folk-pop for two decades now, bowing their heads patiently as it billows in and out of fashion, and their ninth album is among their best. The quicksilver guitar of Michio Kurihara, from the Japanese psychedelic collective Ghost, drips magic dust over lightly jazzy drums, arrestingly inexact harmonies and cautious, languid melodies that uncoil like cats in the sun." - Stewart Lee, The Sunday Times

In addition to their work as musicians, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang are the publishers of Exact Change, a small press dedicated to avant-garde literature and artists' writings. Individually, Damon is a writer (his most recent book is Afterimage, published by Ugly Duckling Presse in 2011), and Naomi is a visual artist (photography, video, and graphic design). Naomi's design of a centenary LP box set for the John Cage Trust was recently nominated for a Grammy. And her recent music videos for artists such as Julia Holter, Meg Baird, and Neutral Milk Hotel are widely available online.