Emancipated Hearts

The first ever solo album from Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean & Britta). 'Emancipated Hearts' is a downbeat collection that suggests Galaxie 500 playing bucolic folk-rock. As if to underline this comparison, there's a cover of The Incredible String Band's 'Air.' Before this almost light-hearted conclusion, however, the album explores much darker territory, something that is evident from just the titles of the songs. It's no so much political as politicised, as Dean explains: "Each of these songs started with a line or phrase I borrowed from a poem or film or newspaper headline. The idea is you steal a line and then build your own song around it..."