Lucy Dacus - “Tom Courtenay“ (Yo La Tengo cover)

Purchase / Stream Yo La Tengo’s ’Electr-o-pura’ (1995): Read Lucy Dacus’ essay on the album below. ---- I was born on May 2, 1995, the day that Electr-o-pura came out. Fourteen years later, I started high school and made a new friend who wore a leather jacket and boots, who expressed confident opinions about music that I had never heard. I devoured every recommendation they gave me in an effort to align my tastes. I wanted to be cool, or at least not uncool. I found out a