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Luna, the group formed and lead by Wareham, has been one of the bastions of Velvet Underground-influenced mid-tempo guitar pop throughout the ’90s and into our ’00s, releasing seven critically lauded albums. Yet despite this success, they will disband after their current tour in February...
...just built up inside me. Seven is enough. Enough is enough,” said Wareham on the breakup. “It’s much different being in rock and roll at 41. Most bands that go on this long are millionaires. Breaking up R.E.M. would be like breaking up I.B.M.—too many people would lose their jobs. All the money gives them an incentive for the therapy. We don’t have that...
...songs taking precedence over the more languid shoegazer pieces of yore. But even if it is the most “live” Luna album, it’s still far from raw: the songs are still finely chiseled. One gets the feeling that by now the distinguished Wareham could hiccup out songs that most aspiring bands would kill to write...
...idea that Wareham isn’t a Bostonian anymore was emphasized when the band dove into “Going Home,” in which “home” is New York. As much as we would like to claim him, no one place can really call him its own: Wareham is a native New Zealander who moved to Australia and then to the Big Apple before coming to school here...
Speaking of his Harvard experience, Wareham wasn’t exactly enthusiastic. “Harvard had absolutely no influence on my musical career.” Later he recanted slightly his initial position, relaying that working at WHRB exposed him to a lot of music that he otherwise would not have heard...