YO LA TENGO - Old Joy (Official Soundtrack) LP Color:Black Vinyl which first offered up this

which first offered up this uncharacteristic studio work: four sub-20-minute pieces - instead of the typical 60+ minute arc for which the band is known - along with an obfuscated track list which leaves play order to the listener’s hand

creativity as a form of self-care

Originally released in 1986

with compositions emerging from spontaneous gestures before being sculpted into their final form

While musical influences are too broad to pin down for such a singular sound

YO LA TENGO - Old Joy (Official Soundtrack) LP Color:Black Vinyl which first offered up thisFor the first time on vinyl, Yo La Tengos understated, lonesome score to Kelly Reichardts classic Old Joy. Recorded in a single afternoon at Yo La Tengos studio in Hoboken, Old Joy is a drifting, improvisatory journey, born out of years long friendship between the band and the films director. The six instrumental tracks, created in collaboration with legendary guitarist Smokey Hormel, carry that unmistakable Yo La Tengo sound, but delivered in service