PRE-ORDER: YO LA TENGO - OLD JOY Vinyl LP
PLEASE NOTE: This item is a pre-order and is scheduled to be released on Febuary 28, 2025. All orders including this item will ship on or around the release date. If your order includes additional items, your entire order will be held until all items are ready to ship. All scheduled ship dates are estimates and subject to change.
For the first time on vinyl, Yo La Tengo’s understated, lonesome score to Kelly Reichardt’s classic “Old Joy.” Recorded in a single afternoon at YLT’s studio in Hoboken, Old Joy is a drifting, improvisatory journey, born out of years-long friendship between the band and the film’s director.The six instrumental tracks, created in collaboration with legendary guitarist Smokey Hormel, carry that unmistakable YLT sound, but delivered in service of another great work of art. The music, like so much of Reichardt’s film work, is low-key yet arresting, stripped down to the essentials, warm and unpretentious. The record includes two variations on the beloved “Leaving Home” theme, released for the firsttime on vinyl after years traveling in YLT fan circles. This music is a balm, remarkably full of emotion despite (or maybe because of) its restraint and minimalism.Originally released on They Shoot, We Score, a CD compiling several of the band’s soundtracks, Old Joy stands as a cohesive whole here, blooming and rewarding repeat listens. Sliding reverbed guitars, muted piano and percussion, the hum of an old amp - the blurry memory of an afternoon in the studio, or a short-lived road trip through the backwoods of Oregon.Small-run, high-quality LP pressed at Smashed Plastic in Chicago, on black and transparent pink vinyl.