Young Galaxy formed in Vancouver, Canada, 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. The band has toured in Canada, The United States and Europe, opening for Arcade Fire, The Album Leaf, The Frames, Peter, Bjorn and John, Stars and Death Cab For Cutie. They later moved to Montreal, where they recorded their self-titled debut. The album was released on April 24, 2007.
They recorded their second 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 was released independently on August 25, 2009 through Fontana North. It was mixed by Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol) in Glasgow, Scotland. It was subsequently released in July 2010 in the U.S.A. by Paper Bag Records, and received a long list nomination for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.
The band followed up in fall 2010 with YG No Art EP, an EP comprising unreleased tracks and remixes from the Invisible Republic sessions.
Their third album, Shapeshifting, was recorded in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Dan Lissvik of the band Studio in Gothenburg, Sweden. The band communicated with Lissvik via Skype over the nine months he spent mixing the recorded vocals.
The album, released in February 2011 on Paper Bag Records, has been described as a massive change in creative direction, eschewing their former shoegaze, dream-pop style for a more electronic pop sound. Stephen Ramsay describes the change in song composition method, "instead of picking up a guitar and finding the most brilliant melody we could, we tried to erase the shape of the songs."
Discography:
Swing Your Heartache (2006, EP)
Young Galaxy (2007)
Invisible Republic (2009)
YG No Art EP (2010)
Shapeshifting (2011)
Ultramarine (2013)
Fever
Young Galaxy Lyrics
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Was life and death and nowhere
Follow the flashlight beam through the smoking room
Follow the flashlight beam to the fuse
Was home and lost and somewhere in between
Was home and lost and nowhere
Saw the doctor first light of the morning
Said I've got a fever
Was life and death and I'm somewhere in between
Was life and death and I'm nowhere
I follow the flashlight beam through the smoking room
I follow the flashlight beam to the fuse
Saw the doctor first light of the morning
Said I've got a fever
The lyrics of Young Galaxy's song "Fever" are open to interpretation, but they seem to allude to the complexity of life and death, and the liminal space between them. The repetition of the phrases "Was life and death and somewhere in between" and "Was home and lost and somewhere in between" suggest a sense of uncertainty and disorientation, as if the singer is caught in a state of limbo, unable to fully grasp their surroundings.
The image of following a flashlight beam through a smoking room and to a fuse adds to this sense of confusion and unease. The flashlight can be seen as a guiding light or a beacon of hope, but it is also a metaphor for the limitations of our knowledge and understanding. We can only see as far as the beam of the flashlight, and beyond that is darkness and uncertainty.
The mention of seeing a doctor with a fever further reinforces the idea of a physical and emotional state of limbo, caught between sickness and health, life and death. The overall mood of the song is melancholic and introspective, with a sense of longing for something just out of reach.
Line by Line Meaning
Was life and death and somewhere in between
Life and death were both present, but the singer was in a state of uncertainty.
Was life and death and nowhere
The singer was in a state of uncertainty, and life and death were not distinct possibilities.
Follow the flashlight beam through the smoking room
The singer was using a flashlight to navigate through a smoky room.
Follow the flashlight beam to the fuse
The artist was using a flashlight to locate a fuse.
Was home and lost and somewhere in between
The artist was unsure of where they belonged.
Was home and lost and nowhere
The singer did not feel at home and was unsure of where they belonged.
Saw the doctor first light of the morning
The singer saw a doctor early in the morning.
Said I've got a fever
The artist informed the doctor that they were experiencing a fever.
Was life and death and I'm somewhere in between
The artist is uncertain between life and death.
Was life and death and I'm nowhere
The artist is uncertain between life and death, and does not feel present in either possibility.
I follow the flashlight beam through the smoking room
The singer was using a flashlight to navigate through a smoky room.
I follow the flashlight beam to the fuse
The artist was using a flashlight to locate a fuse.
Saw the doctor first light of the morning
The singer saw a doctor early in the morning.
Said I've got a fever
The singer informed the doctor that they were experiencing a fever.
Lyrics © MILO PUBLISHING INC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Stephen Ramsay, Dan Anders Lissvik
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@drizstik
I thought it was Katie Stelmanis [of AUSTRA + Galaxy] singing this for the longest time. ;D It's great in all ways though, regardless. ♥♥♥
@danzer0
Another video?! Won't these videos stop coming!?
Well... I hope not! ;)
@astolatt
Song is great, however it defenitely needs more cowebell.
@SabrinaMauriz01
I found this song watching PLL
@Gameleste
looks like fun video
@analauraajanidesouzaesilva6843
How is the lyrics whole of song?