The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water.[1] By the time Trumans Water moved to Portland, Oregon in 1994 he had already left and concentrated on Soul-Junk as a full-time independent solo project,[2] eventually taking the moniker Glen Galaxy. Influences on the group's early music include Nation of Ulysses, Sonic Youth, and Can.[3] Galloway had been raised as a Presbyterian but had been an outspoken atheist since leaving home for school.[4] Shortly before joining Trumans Water, however, he had returned to Christianity; later telling his bandmates God had called him to leave the band.[4] Musical Evolution Early Soul-Junk albums (such as 1950) almost exclusively feature low-fi, Indie rock style tracks