Young Galaxy are a Canadian indie pop/dream pop band, whose members are Stephen Ramsay (vocals/guitar) and Catherine McCandless (vocals/keyboards), Max Henry (keyboards/backup instruments/vocals) , Stephen Kamp (bass), and Liam O’Neill (drums)|Young Galaxy formed in Vancouver as 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.[1] The band has toured in Canada, The United states and Europe, opening for The Album Leaf, The Frames, Peter, Bjorn and John, Death Cab For Cutie. They later moved to Montreal, where they recorded their self-titled debut. The album was released on April 24, 2007.|Since the release of their debut album in 2007, they have expanded to include Stephen Kamp and multi-instrumentalist Max Henry. They recorded their sophomore 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 will be released in August 2009 through Fontana North Distribution. It was mixed by Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol) in Glasgow, Scotland.
Discography
Tour EP (2006)|“Swing Your Heartache” 7” single (2006)|Young Galaxy (2007)|Invisible Republic (2009) |
