The Story
A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing.
A decade ago, the static signal of âTerminalâ booting-up sounded and Galactic Melt launched into the atmosphere for the first time; Seth Haleyâs 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 â80s in scope, but also remarkably weirdâstutter-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 heâd 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 Haleyâs 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 âVHS Sexâ and âCathode Girlsâ to pulsing cuts like âAir Calâ and âEther Drift,â the music on Galactic Melt is mathy, forlorn, funky, and mighty in technical ambition. That theyâre all noticeably cinematic is, of course, by design. Haley envisioned Galactic Melt as a âsort of film score...from the mind,â chronicling the life and death of ComTruise, the worldâs 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).
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A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing.
A decade ago, the static signal of âTerminalâ booting-up sounded and Galactic Melt launched into the atmosphere for the first time; Seth Haleyâs 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 â80s in scope, but also remarkably weirdâstutter-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 heâd 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 Haleyâs 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 âVHS Sexâ and âCathode Girlsâ to pulsing cuts like âAir Calâ and âEther Drift,â the music on Galactic Melt is mathy, forlorn, funky, and mighty in technical ambition. That theyâre all noticeably cinematic is, of course, by design. Haley envisioned Galactic Melt as a âsort of film score...from the mind,â chronicling the life and death of ComTruise, the worldâs 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).
