U-TURN MAGAZINE

JANUARY 1994

Idaho

Year After Year

This album will immediately be categorized with the recent crop of sedate, feedback-laden guitar bands like Bailter Space, Codeine, Seam, and Bedhead, and rightfully so. There’s really nothing new here, but this package has all the Galaxie 500-isms you could ask for: meandering melodies, soaring and whiny guitar leads, low-key vocals, and one to two-word titles like “Skyscrape” and “Endgame.” An exceptional and thoughtful album, you’ll especially savor it if you’re depressed and white.

D. Gibson