Wednesday 29 July 2009



NEW MUSiC: Young Galaxy “Long Live The Fallen World”

(photo: Myspace)

(photo: Myspace)

I was pleasantly surprised to get word about new music from Young Galaxy the other day.  The Montreal band are setting their sites on the August 25 release date for Invisible Republic, the band’s sophomore disc.  In a recent post on CHARTattack, band founder Stephen Ramsay explains why this album isn’t coming out on Arts & Crafts:  “Getting signed to Arts & Crafts really early in our career had its advantages.  There was a bit of a built-in audience, which was amazing, but also a bit scary once we started to play live.  It worked out very much to our advantage and now, with a second album completed, the focus is finding a label that’s going to stand behind us, allow us to tour and really complement what we’re trying to do here.”

What they’re doing is moving forward from the dreamy pop sounds of their debut and forging a tighter band sound that hints at New Order influences with more guitar work and less studio tinkering.  The album’s first single, “Destroyer”, is streaming at the band’s Myspace page now, and they’re offering up “Long Live the Fallen World” as a free download to entice us in.  Both tracks are pretty different from the somewhat airy sounds of their self-titled debut, and the tighter sound is a welcome change.  I loved the first album, but its extended jams and mid-tempo pace sometimes became a bit too monotonous.

Invisible Republic will find its home on Fontana North.

MP3: Young Galaxy “Long Live the Fallen World”
Myspace: Young Galaxy
Facebook: Young Galaxy

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