Galactic Melt, by Com Truise

Galactic Melt

by Com Truise

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kyla Personally one of my alltime fave in the past decade! The future is NOW! Favorite track: Brokendate.

Minsc&Boo Place the record between two slices of American cheese and bite down. Favorite track: Flightwave.

Jason Miller It's like a 1980s sci-fi movie soundtrack for a movie that never was. Favorite track: Karova (Digital Bonus).

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1.	Terminal 01:46	buy track
2.	VHS Sex 04:25	buy track
3.	Cathode Girls 04:36	buy track
4.	Air Cal 04:32	buy track
5.	Flightwave 05:04	buy track
6.	Hyperlips 04:54	buy track
7.	Brokendate 05:08	buy track
8.	Glawio 05:06	buy track
9.	Ether Drift 04:20	buy track
10.	Futureworld 03:10	buy track
11.	Galactic Melt (Vinyl Bonus) 04:13
12.	Karova (Digital Bonus) 05:12	buy track
13.	Intraplexdin (Digital Bonus) 05:06	buy track
14.	Cntrld (Digital Bonus) 05:06	buy track
15.	Pantex (Digital Bonus) 04:29	buy track
16.	Arwarw (Digital Bonus) 03:27	buy track

about

A decade ago, the static signal of “Terminal” booting-up sounded and Galactic Melt launched into the atmosphere for the first time; Seth Haley’s Com Truise project arrived in full. A graphic designer based in New Jersey at the time, Haley found a sound on his synthesizers that sparked an immediate nostalgia response, tapping into classic sci-fi and proto-electro in a way that felt early ‘80s in scope, but also remarkably weird — stutter-step proggy and intoxicatingly psychedelic. Unknowingly he had stepped into a genre prism; suppose we know it now as synth-wave though the tag never landed squarely. To Haley, this was a space to explore and a story to tell, which he’d do across a saga of releases that would resonate with a legion of fans and send the producer touring the world in perpetual orbit. His full-length debut on Ghostly International, Galactic Melt delivered on the promise of Haley’s Cyanide Sisters EP as well as high-profile remixes for Twin Shadow, Neon Indian, and Daft Punk. Bold, imaginative, and unapologetically cosmic, the set occupies a beloved coordinate in the Com Truise catalog, considered the gateway for many. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Haley and Ghostly have repressed the long-sold out 2xLP and added five unreleased tracks to the expanded digital edition, giving this classic its due treatment as it passes the milestone.

From the keyed-up, skyscraping machine love of "VHS Sex" and "Cathode Girls" to pulsing cuts like "Air Cal" and "Ether Drift,” the music on Galactic Melt is mathy, forlorn, funky, and mighty in technical ambition. That they're all noticeably cinematic is, of course, by design. Haley envisioned Galactic Melt as a "sort of film score...from the mind," chronicling the life and death of Com Truise, the world's first synthetic/robotic astronaut, from his creation and time on earth to his subsequent mission to a newly discovered galaxy called Wave 1 (released in 2014).

The 10th Anniversary Edition surfaces more music from the Galactic Melt era, expanding the project’s range and feel. Downtempo burner “Intraplexdin'' elicits a similar tech-noir unease to that of the classic “Brokendate” (which features in the trailer for the upcoming "Blade Runner: Black Lotus" anime series), playing out like a darker deleted scene. “Pantex” begins in slow motion cyber-funk before a patented Com Truise groove takes hold. ”Arwarw'' bounces its melody between drum patterns as starry-eyed synths arpeggiate, closing the sequence with a sense of anticipation. These are welcome additions to Haley’s sonic universe, forming a snapshot of an artist starting to understand his powers and articulate a career-defining vision.

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released January 21, 2022

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Newspeak

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Jun 7

Brighton Music Hall presented by Citizens

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Velvet Underground

Toronto, ON
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It'll Do

Dallas, TX
Jun 15

Parish

Austin, TX
Jul 19

Aisle 5

Atlanta, GA
Jul 26

Ember Music Hall

Richmond, VA

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