Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping rock / hip hop group from San Diego, California.
The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water. When Trumans Water moved to Portland, Oregon in 1994 he left to produce Soul-Junk a full time independent solo project, eventually taking the moniker Glen Galaxy. Influences on the group's early music include Nation of Ulyss...
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Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping rock / hip hop group from San Diego, California.
The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water. When Trumans Water moved to Portland, Oregon in 1994 he left to produce Soul-Junk a full time independent solo project, eventually taking the moniker Glen Galaxy. Influences on the group's early music include Nation of Ulysses, Sonic Youth, and Can.
Early Soul-Junk albums (such as 1950) almost exclusively feature low-fi, Indie rock style tracks of Glen singing Bible verses interlaced with instrumental noise tracks. As Soul-Junk gained members its sound advanced toward rock and pop. 1953 and 1954 show signs of this continual change. Alternative Press stated in a review of 1953 that their indie musical arrangements are outstanding, "tuneful, energetic and original (almost to a fault)." 1955 is transitional, both in terms of Soul-Junk's sound and market stance. Like...
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