In 1989 I bought the album On Fire by Galaxie 500 and became slightly obsessed with its lo-fi slow rock sound and Dean Wareham’s unusual vocal delivery. Galaxie 500 quickly came and went, but they left a lasting legacy and influenced many bands that followed. Dean Wareham went on to form Luna and Dean & Britta, shifted the vocal style and put out a fabulous collection of dreamy sun-dappled but slightly melancholic indie pop albums over the last 30 years. I was therefore excited when I noticed that he was doing a retrospective across his career at the fabulous Brudenell Social Club in Leeds.

It was a beautifully crafted setlist, underpinned by tracks from the new album That’s the Price of Loving Me and going back to the Galaxie 500 days with a smattering of Luna tracks. I was very happy with that, but with such a back catalogue, it must be a tricky choice to narrow it down. I’ve often thought that Dean sometimes sounds a touch like Lou Reed, as if he’s his younger brother who has decided to head off in a different direction, saying to Lou, ‘There’s more than one way to be cool.

Dean brings that New York insouciance to the stage, and in the reprise of the Galaxie 500 tracks, you could hear the influence that the band had, particularly on the shoegaze scene. Heads were happily nodding away, and it was a real pleasure to hear tracks like Snowstorm that still sounded absolutely fabulous many years on from their creation. The pick of the tracks from Dean’s latest release for me was undoubtedly The Cloud is Coming, which perfectly encapsulates his dreamy, melancholic style.

The main set finished with Tugboat, by far Galaxie 500’s most well-known track and a bit of an indie classic back in the day. As Dean launches into the opening lyric of “I don’t want to stay at your party”, I’m transported back in time to the first time I heard this remarkable track. Although there is an encore to come, I find myself wishing that I could indeed stay at this party; there are plenty more tracks to be played and enjoyed.