Damon & Naomi
Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang began playing music together as the rhythm section, co-songwriters, and sometime singers in Galaxie 500. Since the demise of Galaxie 500, they have worked as a duo, exploring folk music, psychedelia, and collaborations with other like-minded musicians. After releasing records on Shimmy Disc, Sub Pop, and Drag City they established their own label 20/20/20 and have since released the Damon & Naomi albums The Earth Is Blue, Within These Walls, False Beats and True Hearts, Fortune and A Sky Record. All their LPs and CDs are available to order from 20-20-20, or via digital download from the Damon & Naomi bandcamp page.
In addition to their work as musicians, Damon & Naomi are the publishers of Exact Change, a small press dedicated to avant-garde literature and artists’ writings.
Damon is also a writer of books, essays (for Pitchfork, Art in America, Artforum, the Guardian) and a weekly Substack.
Naomi is also a film maker, photographer and graphic designer.
Damon & Naomi Website
2021 album from Damon & Naomi with Kurihara
Transparent blue vinyl LP
“Grey day celebration music for meshed afternoons; eleven strums and songs to savor as you wander till spring. Did Damon & Naomi dream them? Did I? Will you?” — Andy Zax
An unabashed return to the simple structures and plaintive melodies that have characterized Damon & Naomi’s music since Galaxie 500
Damon & Naomi sing ballads in a lonely mood with rich backgrounds featuring horn and string arrangements by Bhob Rainey, and the electric guitar of Michio Kurihara
Expansive and upbeat, featuring electric guitarist Michio Kurihara, and a horn section of Bhob Rainey and Greg Kelley.
Compiled by Damon & Naomi from their four albums for Sub Pop Records (1995 – 2002)
A meeting of Damon & Naomi's spare and emotional songwriting with the Japanese band Ghost's densely psychedelic arrangements; reissued by Drag City, LP comes with a bonus 7″
“Like real water in a world of soda pop.” — Robert Wyatt
A year after Galaxie 500 dissolved, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang returned to Galaxie 500 producer Kramer’s studio and recorded this album of psychedelic break-up songs.
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Damon & Naomi – In the 21st Century
A pay what you wish digital-download-only compilation drawn from the first four Damon & Naomi 20-20-20 album releases, from 2005-2015.
Damon & Naomi – Spirit of Love
A pay what you wish digital-download-only compilation of B-sides, bonuses, and soundtracks.