* PREORDER * DEAN WAREHAM - That's The Price Of Loving Me LP (colour vinyl)

* PREORDER * expected to arrive late August

Limited edition "Desert Haze" Tan colour vinyl.

Highly recommended.

In June 1990, Kramer and Dean Wareham made Galaxie 500’s final album, This Is Our Music. “Things were tense in the band,” recalls Dean, “but there were exciting moments too. Kramer would suggest things like playing up high on the neck for ‘Fourth of July.’ I also remember taking a break to catch Total Recall on opening day.” Kramer also toured with the band as their sound engineer, often sharing hotel rooms with Dean. However, their paths diverged after Galaxie 500’s breakup.

Wareham's fourth album’s lyrics are both melancholic and witty. “The Mystery Guest,” structured as an acrostic poem, mourns a friend, while “We’re Not Finished Yet” celebrates Dean’s 1968 Gibson ES-335. The lead single, “You Were the Ones I Had to Betray,” driven by Noel’s cello, explores friendship and betrayal. The title track features conga rhythms and a vintage Moog solo, reflecting on the sacrifices of a performer’s life.

"Dean Wareham has crafted a gorgeous and continuously beautiful group of tunes, wondrous in their scope and melodic addictiveness. You really need to get it." - Bandcamp comment

Dean also covers Mayo Thompson’s “Dear Betty Baby,” creating symmetry with Galaxie 500’s earlier cover of The Red Krayola’s “Victory Garden.” This time, he draws from Thompson’s solo album, Corky’s Debt to His Father.

While the album nods to Galaxie 500, it focuses on the passage of time. “Imagination is memory,” Dean notes, “expanding everything we can remember.”

“34 years is a long time,” says Kramer, “but working with Dean again felt seamless. The ‘full circle’ air still lingers. Collaborations like this are incredibly rare, and I’m grateful to have been invited inside again.”