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

With the dawn of summer, this album gets better and better. Beach music, imo.

this album is god damned excellent

they are happy parents!

So good!

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2013/01/23/premiere-young-galaxy-pretty-boy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GVSB+%28gorillavsbear.net%29

The bigger tracks on the new album are spectacular, world conquering songs. In particular "Fall For You" which sounds like a more strident (lol this is young galaxy) take on The Tough Alliance's "A New Wave".

See also "Fever", "Out The Gate Backwards", "Sleepwalk With Me".

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

Mssr Lissvik still produces? Keen to hear this, though might have to salt it away until summer.

I've pre-ordered but have been looking almost daily to see if it's leaked as this is possibly my most anticipated album of 2013. Loved Shapeshifting and the little I've heard of this so far sounds great.

I really wish Studio were still together.

Definitely living up to expectations so far

I really like "Pretty Boy"

'new summer' is my fav so far

Really hope the Peaking Lights remix getting a vinyl release

Every time I put this album on it makes me so happy.

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