Young Galaxy - Ultramarine (2013) [2CD] {Paper Bag Records}

Young Galaxy - Ultramarine (2013) [2CD] {Paper Bag Records}

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Pop / Synth-pop / Electronic / Indie Pop / Dream Pop / Alternative

Ultramarine is the fourth studio album by Young Galaxy, released in April 2013. As with their previous album, it was produced by Dan Lissvik and was released on Paper Bag Records. The album was named a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize on June 13, 2013 and named to the short list on July 16, 2013. Young Galaxy's 2013 album, Ultramarine, picks up on the mature, sophisticated pop sound the Canadian band developed for 2011's Shapeshifting. These are languid, gorgeously crafted tracks that find the band delving even deeper than on Shapeshifting into an atmospheric, slow-burn aesthetic that holds up on repeated listens. As with its predecessor, Ultramarine showcases lead singer Catherine McCandless' warm vocals framed in layers of chilly synthesizers. And while there is certainly an arch minimalism to many of the productions here, this archness is balanced out by a pulsing '80s dance club vibe. Tracks like the uplifting leadoff single "Pretty Boy" and the tribal dance club number "Fever" are endlessly melodic and catchy songs that stick with you long after they've ended. There is also a dichotomous quality to many of the songs on Ultramarine, with McCandless' earnest but somewhat enigmatic lyrics pulling you into the emotional heart of a song just as the smooth, fluorescent synthesizer arrangements hold you at a widescreen distance. This juxtaposition of poetic, yearning emotionality set against stark, arty musicality works to give Ultramarine a kind of postmodern resonance that reveals organic, human truths in even in the most electronic, synthetic artifice. On "Hard to Tell," McCandless sings "I'm an underwater engine, shadow in the shine/I don't need no distinction to make mine what is mine/Inhale the smoking trail, where lightning struck the sea/I don't need authenticity to make me more like me." Ultimately, whether McCandless is soaring over the icy electronic shimmer of tracks like "Fall for You" and "New Summer" or cooing in her husky croon on the synth disco number "Out the Gate Backwards," she makes Ultramarine a hypnotic, addictive listen. Personnel: Stephen Ramsay (vocals/guitar) Catherine McCandless (vocals/keyboards) Stephen Kamp (bass/vocals) Matthew Shapiro (keys/guitar) Andrea Silver (drums) tracklist: CD1 01 - Pretty Boy 02 - Fall for You 03 - New Summer 04 - Fever 05 - Hard to Tell 06 - What We Want 07 - Out the Gate Backwards 08 - In Fire 09 - Privileged Poor 10 - Sleepwalk with Me CD2 01 - Crying My Heart Out [Original Mix] 02 - Talk to Her 03 - Sea Drug 04 - Shoreless Kid 05 - Youth Is Wasted on the Young 06 - Petty Boy [Peaking Lights Remix] 07 - Fall for You [Ghosting Season Remix] 08 - New Summer [Doldrums Remix] 09 - In Fire [Sally Shapiro Remix] 10 - Privileged Poor [Dan Lissvik Edit] 11 - Crying My Heart Out [Edit] 12 - [Untitled]