Seraphina Lotkhamnga on July 18th, 2013

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There’s no doubt that Montreal-based Young Galaxy has been experimenting with their synth-heavy dream-pop over the course of the last three albums, and their latest record, “Ultramarine,” definitely takes on various different shades and rhythms. Some tracks are perfectly accessible and sun-kissed (“Pretty Boy”), others are Ibiza contenders (“Fall For You”) and some are even surprisingly ominous (“In Fire”). The general layer of Young Galaxy’s latest Dan Lissvik-produced album actually sparkles and bounces, although their music videos they’ve released in support of this album have involved the opposite. “Pretty Boy” was downright creepy and now “New Summer” gets a slow-motion apocalyptic treatment in the Ivan Grbovic-directed video. A mini-disaster film thanks to Grbovic’s team of special effects engineers, “Hey, it’s a new summer / Can we live like it’s our last one?” sound a bit eerie coming from lead vocalist Catherine McCandless. The Polaris Music Prize-shortlisted “Ultramarine” is out now via Paper Bag Records.

||| Stream: Check out the Sally Shapiro remix of Young Galaxy’s upcoming single “In Fire.”

||| Live: Young Galaxy plays Oct. 3 at the Echo with Mister Lies.