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Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Drone Music; whatever you want to call that strain of indie pop that swoops and soars to stirring vocals and constant chords, Young Galaxy play it.
Young Galaxy have supported acts such as Death Cab for Cutie, which could lead to some confusion as to their space rock (there's another one!) allegiances, but the Canadian quintet most definitely have a greater Galaxie 500 affiliation and Luna sound. Their first release of 2007, the eponymous Young Galaxy, was picked up by many, shaken around, and generally decided upon as alright but not that great - Young Galaxy are made up of former Stars guitarist, Stephen Ramsay, and his girlfriend, Catherine McCandless, which, I can only gather, has restricted Young Galaxy broaching these influences. Although their lyrics aren't nearly as interesting as folks like Joy Formidable, to whom they could easily be compared to, their new release of 2009, Invisible Republic, creates the atmosphere to compensate, using McCandless' vocals predominantly, as opposed to Ramsay's. It's set to be an epic little LP full of frustration and a definite hark back to the 1980s roots of the Shoegaze sub-genre.
Joy Formidable - Whirring (y.s.i.)
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im getting into shoegaze at the moment, weird! what stars do you recommend?
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Stars aren't too shoegaze-y but see what you think of Ageless Beauty.
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