Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting (2011) ~*produced by Studio's D. Lissvik*~

Except "What We Want" which is kinda schaffel-pop by numbers.

i love, love this album

"Out The Gate Backwards" is on that Studio go Happy Mondays tip in a way nothing has been since the actual Studio album.

― Tim F, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:19 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally otm, take away the vox and you have a studio b side

(though the vocals sound great on top of it)

i'm enjoying this a ton more than their debut

Their debut? This is their 4th record...

the last album, whatever

fusion of lissvik and young galaxy seems more precise here than it was on shapeshifting which i really liked then forgot about

Yeah the first track aside Shapeshifting was very pleasant but forgettable imo, this is much more commanding. It helps that every tune is on an entirely different tip.

helps that someone's taken the dude's mic away, too

'High And Goodbye' and 'B.S.E.' from Shapeshifting are two songs that to me are completely unforgettable and utterly brilliant, I cherish them deeply.

The new album is great too, not nearly done discovering it.

this is a very good album and i love it

this is v good, and agreed with Brad and Tim - Shapeshifting always sounded lovely but it felt that for the most part somehow the songs weren't really linking up with the production so it just floated around being nice, this feels a lot fuller and more dynamic.

new summer is my jam

so good

such fantastic sound design on this record. they're still not really top tier songwriters but it barely matters when the backing tracks are this engaging

http://open.spotify.com/album/5h4aePojVvToZI0arxofRa

Idk if this Hanna "Lioness" EP (also produced by Lissvik) from last year was discussed here but it is goOoOod.

I'm not feeling this Young Galaxy album, something about the vocals and the songs feel too monotonous imo :/

The new Lissvik-produced Mary Onettes album is quiet nice too and sounds like Echo and the Bunnymen go to the beach (...ok, fine) but it's prob too lolindie for ILM.

I bought that Mary Onettes lp, I find it *~delightful~*

perfect springtime album

this is growing on me

Still need to finally listen to it all the way through! So I'll do that here after lunch.

1/2 of it I loved immediately and the other half I wasn't so sure about but I'm liking it more and more.

played it for a friend who was wholly unfamiliar and he just said it sounded like less-grandiose Florence and the Machine :/

Have mixed feelings...definitely captures a ~~vibe~~ but the songs are kind of weak.

"meet me by the river / let's go for a ride / with the windows down and the STEREO LOUD"

<3 <3 <3 <3

the way the music rises up behind 'when we rise up in fire'

so many great sonic details on here

i love love love the weird incantatory almost folky vibe of "fever" and "in fire"

She is so naively sincere the whole time.

Another reason why "What We Want" is the weak link here.

I like this but I still prefer Shapeshifting.

Also that Hanna EP is brilliant! I have been waiting for the members of Cat5 to do more stuff, the other girl was working with one of The Tough Alliance but seemingly nothing has came of that yet.

Yet another predictable Turrican comment coming up...

...yet another 2013 release I love... fucking hell!

I'm not sure about this overall, New Summer is amazing but overall it's a bit sickly, and most of the songwriting still isn't that great.

Yeah, I could happily take the Peaking Lights remix, "New Summer" and "Out the Gate Backwards" and leave the rest.

How could people not be into "Fall For You", the last thirty seconds especially

the last 30 secs of that are just fading out backing vox?

I'm not sure about this overall, New Summer is amazing but overall it's a bit sickly, and most of the songwriting still isn't that great.

― Matt DC, Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:15 AM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh, it's definitely sugary music, but I've always found room for the sugary from time to time... overall though, I just love the way this album sounds.

Oh I mean the 30 seconds before that

this type of sound is starting to grate a bit for me.

cannot, cannot understand why someone would possibly prefer Peaking Lights' "Pretty Boy" remix over the original

I would have said the same two weeks ago, and then it clicked. Right about the time I bought better headphones, though that might just be coincidence.

Into this!!

this type of sound is starting to grate a bit for me.

― ... (LocalGarda), Thursday, 9 May 2013 11:28 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think I felt this when I was first listening to "Pretty Boy", and I definitely still feel this way about "What We Want", but the songs are sonically diverse enough, and (this time) the songwriting strong enough, to get away with the fact that it's basically a 2007 record.

"meet me by the river / let's go for a ride / with the windows down and the STEREO LOUD"

<3 <3 <3 <3

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:03 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

moment of the album

it's kind of like balearic taylor swift

ha, otm

has anyone seen these guys live? playin tonight in london

this new album is amazing, these songs are so effortless

Yeah, I haven't dug it out to listen to for a while, but I fully expect to still like it when I get around to hearing it again!

Deluxe edition coming out soon, listening to the promo -- mostly remixes but some of those are great!

"Crying Your Heart Out" (new song) is great https://soundcloud.com/paper-bag-records/young-galaxy-crying-my-heart-2/s-1H9fn