If you don't want to wait until you can get a VPI, you might consider a Nitty Gritty or Record Doctor vacuum record cleaner. My Nitty Gritty 1.0 still works like new after over 30 years. It does take 3 manual turns to remove all the cleaner. I'm currently using MoFi liquid cleaners, but I've never been convinced that one cleaner is better than another. But perhaps the MoFi have an edge in that they leave less residue. You can test this by placing a drop of cleaner on a horizontal mirror and see how much residue is left after it evaporates.
I use a Zerostat anti-static gun and then an Oracle carbon-fiber brush to clean each record before play. (The Oracle may be unobtainium, but many use a Hunt Decca carbon-fiber brush or other brands.) It's also helpful if you use rice-paper sleeves to lower static charge on the record. Whatever sleeve you use, if you cut open two sides so it can be opened like a book, that will also reduce static. I use LAST preservative on my LPs, and I think this also reduces the static charge on some. (Static charge increases dust adherence to the vinyl, so it's very important to reduce it, especially if the humidity is low in your listening room.) Many of my records play so quietly, you'd be hard pressed to tell they're vinyl. Unfortunately, a lot of US '70s vinyl was of inferior quality, so they may never be that quiet.
The good thing about many rock LPs is that the music is so uniformly loud, that surface noise is less audible during the music.