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Stephen Ramsey, long-time touring guitarist for Stars, has formed a band with Catherine McCandless called Young Galaxy. He said he did not want the band to seem like a side project of Stars so naturally they named it something way bigger with gas, dust, and dark matter thrown in there too. And they signed to the same record label – Arts & Crafts.

Nonetheless, his spacey guitar work, the deep drones of their keyboard, and their dreamy vocal combo make for a good listen.

Young Galaxy recently toured with The Dears and will be at SXSW. Their self-titled album will available in April. For now, here are two tracks from their tour EP with the second not slated to be on the album.

Bonus commentary. How many other bands or rappers are there out there that use ‘young’ in their name? Fine Young Cannibals, New Young Pony Club, Young Knives, Young Love, Young Widows, Young Dubliners, Young Jeezy, Young Joc, Young Buck, and Young Dro. And about half of these bands will be at SXSW. Neil Young gets a pass.

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