Young Galaxy
| Young Galaxy | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Indie pop, dream pop, synthpop |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels |
Paper Bag Records Arts & Crafts |
| Website | younggalaxy |
| Members | Stephen Ramsay Catherine McCandless Andrea Silver Matt Shapiro |
| Past members | Pat Sayers Susan Beckett Stephen Durand Liam O' Neill James Lynn Max Henry Stephen Kamp |
Young Galaxy is a Canadian indie pop/dream pop band formed in 2006 in Montreal, whose members are Stephen Ramsay (vocals/guitar), Catherine McCandless (vocals/keyboards), Matthew Shapiro (keys/guitar), and touring member Andrea Silver (drums).
Young Galaxy formed in Montreal as a duo including Stephen Ramsay and Catherine McCandless. Through that summer of 2005 and the spring of 2006 they recorded with appearances and contributions of friends at Jace Lasek’s Breakglass Studio. Their sound has been described as similar to the bands Slowdive, Galaxie 500 and Luna as well as Pink Floyd and Spiritualized. The band has toured in Canada, The United States and Europe, opening for Arcade Fire, Peter, Bjorn and John, Stars and Death Cab For Cutie. They later moved to Montreal, where they recorded their self-titled debut. The album was released April 24, 2007 on Arts & Crafts.
They recorded their second album Invisible Republic in Montreal at Hotel2Tango studio with Radwan Moumneh engineering (A Silver Mt. Zion, Pas Chic Chic) and at Breakglass Studios with Jace Lasek of The Besnard Lakes engineering. Invisible Republic was released independently on August 25, 2009. It was mixed by Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol) in Glasgow, Scotland. It was subsequently released in July 2010 in the US by Paper Bag Records, and received a long list nomination for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. The band followed up in fall 2010 with YG No Art EP, an EP comprising unreleased tracks and remixes from the Invisible Republic sessions.
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