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What exactly is "GAY" about it?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

the only song i don't like is "he lied about death"...

everything else is perfection. REALLY.

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

where is my fucking import order already argh

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 5 November 2004 01:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Is "He Lied About Death" the one that goes on for 5 min, with 3 of those min. just electronic squelching? Yeah, that's the only one I don't like. The first three tracks are incredible, also 'Sleep Tonight'.

I'm hoping to see them live in a week.

― derrick (derrick), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

If they get a UK release agin, I will trip the light fantastic. Stars (and the link to their homepage last year) are one of the best reasons I ever joined ILX.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Friday, 5 November 2004 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)

cutty OTM: ALBUM OF THE YEAR. band of the decade, maybe. Finally picked up 'Nightsongs', which is as lovely as I'd been told. Just need the two early EPs, and I've got the complete dicog, I think.

Still don't like 'he lied about death', though.

― derrick (derrick), Friday, 12 November 2004 09:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Is the entire forthcoming record as guitar heavy as "Ageless Beauty"? I much prefer that sound to the lite pop on Heart. Of course, it is hard not to love Elevator Love Letter. But some of the stuff is a little too twee for me on Heart.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd say it's less twee overall, but nothing else is as remotely MBV-tastic as "Ageless Beauty".

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 12 November 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

i was kind of disappointed by the second album... but i liked seeing them live, so i'll try the third one.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Friday, 12 November 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

swooooon :)

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)

wow. if "heart" is disappointing i'm in for a big fucking treat with the other two albums.

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I finally found the CD. Listening to it over and over... But that insert is really hard to get out of the case - I didn't even know it was there for a couple days!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

YES. SWOON.

this band is magic.

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

there is an insert? hah, let me look.

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

lyric sheet!

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

is this out in the states yet? the keyboardist is somewhat hot.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't think it comes out int he states until januvary.

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)

No US release until the new year. I had to splurge on the Canadian import ($20 US at Amoeba).

In other news I just found out there is a video for "Elevator Love Letter" and that MuchMusic has been playing "Ageless Beauty"!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

what's the video like?

I think "your ex lover is dead" and "reunion" and "the first five times" are my immediate faves. It's definitely more rambunctious then Heart. (I quietly and selfishly hope they never get too political.)

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 18 November 2004 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

What exactly is "GAY" about it?

come on spencer. admittedly, stars is kinda gay

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 18 November 2004 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

totally gay!

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I love 'Sleep Tonight', 'What I'm Trying To Say', and the first three songs most. 'Sleep Tonight' and 'Ageless Beauty' are way more MBV than anything they've done before, which is a nice direction for them.

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 18 November 2004 06:26 (twenty-one years ago)

the female vocals allow for that last hetero shred to shine thourgh. And I love when the girl first cracks into the new album.

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 18 November 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Still looking forward to Amy Millan solo! I'll try to get some inside info!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 18 November 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I've recently heard the album but not yet absorbed it. It is at least as good as "Heart" but again, I haven't really sat down with it. Also, I've seen the video for "Ageless Beauty" (otherwise known as this year's "Elevator Love Letter") and I've in love with Amy Millan. Again. For the twelveth time. This year. Am I sick?

― earinfections (Nick Twisp), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I like 'The Big Fight.'

― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Album seems front-loaded to me too.

― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Not to me. Quality all the way through. Or I should say, it's not like the later half tracks are filler or anything.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm a bit dissapointed about the album. It's funny that I kind of want to like Stars but the more I listen to them, the least I like them. I've seen them live twice and they're pretty good though.

― daavid (daavid), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

not front loaded at all. the last song is a TEARER.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

four weeks pass...

heart is more cohesive then 'syof' but has enough good tracks on it

anyway, here's a pic of some geek who met Torquil in Montreal last weekend! (photo credit: felicity redwell. Torque said they'd be in the nyc come march.

― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought this was going to be some sort of new game show, for wannabe celebrities for whom merely being forced to live in the Australian outback and eat raw, maggot-infested koala abortions while suspended upside down by their heels from a helicopter above a slimy pit filled with crocodiles whilst rats gnaw at their genitals on national telly for a couple of weeks just isn't enough.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I was rather hoping that Bono, Phil Collins and Sting were amongst the contestants for the first series

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Agreed with guy upthread: album of the year, slightly edging out the Blood Brothers. Shame you folks down south don't get it til February.

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 17:33 (twenty-one years ago)

it is going to be HUGE. just wait and see. Ageless Beauty will be soundtracking movie promos by the summer.

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm not just some guy upthread.. i have a name.

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

you hurt up-thread guy's feelings.

― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

And yeah, this is a really good album.

― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Please, stop using my good name.

Cheers!
Guy Upthread

― Guy Upthread (mcutt), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Ok, I can't stand it anymore. There is no US release for this thing until March 2005. I'm unwilling (and too poor) to go to amazon.ca and am not planning on visiting Canada until at least next Summer. Is there a kind soul out there willing to email this to me? email is below or 'righteousmaelstrom[at]yahoo.com'

Many thanks.

― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 28 December 2004 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

i ordered it from arts and crafts, why can't you do that?

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:04 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.arts-crafts.ca

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Amoeba Hollywood had 1.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks, gents.

Either through arts & crafts or amazon, I'm looking at around $18 US which isn't bad. I'll wait til payday.

Does Amoeba do online sales? (I'm in Portland, OR y'see)

― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I think they're sold out. This is readily available online through the usual channels if you'd like to preview it.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Righteous,

Have you tried Half.com?

I got mines for $11.84 (plus $2.49 s/h).

― nader (nader), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah...that's better. Thanks, nader!

― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 28 December 2004 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I really like this album. Not as good as Heart, but then few things are. Maybe I'm missing the synthpop slant.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)

What you talkin' 'bout Willis??! The synthpop is still there!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 06:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Pettiness and Passion Heard From Up North (you can use my l/p: moo1234)

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 30 December 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

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Finally getting to the new record. Theory of Relativity, Hold On When You Get Love... and Through The Mines are lovely. Do You Want To Die Together is gross.

― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Monday, 26 November 2012 04:18 (thirteen years ago)

I hate to say it, but that song actually kind of ruined the entire album for me

― Nhex, Monday, 26 November 2012 07:27 (thirteen years ago)

I think I might have given up on this band. Set Yourself On Fire showed a HELL of a lot of promise, and lord knows they've got more than enough talent in that band to deliver the goods - but for some reason or other, they just haven't since.

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 26 November 2012 14:20 (thirteen years ago)

Personally my favorite was In the Bedroom After the War so I've still got hope that they'll get it together again and make a solid cohesive album. Five Ghosts grew on me, I'm guessing The North will do as long as I remember to skip some of the bad songs (even Bedroom had "Barricade" which I couldn't stand).

― Nhex, Monday, 26 November 2012 17:56 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah, "Do You Want to Die Together" is, by some chalk, the worst song on the new one. Like the rest of it pretty well, and excellent in parts ("Theory of Relativity" is fuckin' amazing). Def. better than The Five Ghosts. Going to see them when they're in Manchester next week, pretty hyped tbh as it's been a good while since they were here.

― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:08 (thirteen years ago)

Just revisiting upthread, Nhex did you ever get round to the last Memphis album? I still listen to that all the time, it's a real pearl.

― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:10 (thirteen years ago)

Add "The Loose Ends Will Make Knots" and "The 400" to the list of songs I like; I was only halfway through the album when I posted above. Mercifully, nothing else on the record is as bad as "Die," but that still means that literally half the record goes by without leaving any impression on me. Still, after the disappointment of The Five Ghosts (speaking of icky Stars songs, remember "We Don't Want Your Body?"), this is mildly encouraging.

― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Monday, 26 November 2012 22:05 (thirteen years ago)

Bill: I did eventually get to it... It was all right, but didn't really hook me, it felt maybe a little too laid back? I should give it another listen sometime.

― Nhex, Monday, 26 November 2012 23:34 (thirteen years ago)

It is pretty relaxed in the main, I love Torq's lyrics on it though and some v. strong vocal work. It had an osmotic effect on me, various songs kept popping up on shuffle on my player and it wormed into my affections with repeated listens. Worth a revisit for sure :)

― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 07:42 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

was just a few days ago wondering what these guys were up to

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/08/11/339428704/song-premiere-stars-from-the-night

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:05 (eleven years ago)

this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”
this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”
this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:09 (eleven years ago)

I think I'm done getting excited about new Stars records, but I'd be happy if they could surprise me with something great again.

― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:01 (eleven years ago)

it took me the better part of ~18 months but i think the north is a p good album tbh

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:14 (eleven years ago)

one month passes...

About half of the album is very good, while the other half is pleasant enough, and only one song (the last one--Stars go techno-rave!) is a gross genre experiment on the level of "We Don't Want Your Body" from The Five Ghosts. All in all, their best since In Our Bedroom After the War.

― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:02 (eleven years ago)

noo don't get my hopes up

― Nhex, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:20 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

i'd only heard like one or two songs from this band but devoured their whole discography last week after winning tickets to their show (which was fantastic)

kind of surprised they're not more ILX canon tbh, "no one is lost" is as good as any of my favorite albums from the last few years

― gr8080, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:50 (ten years ago)

like how is it possible that johnny fever has never posted itt

― gr8080, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:51 (ten years ago)

Amy's vocal performance on 'Are You Ok? is stunning. I think it's a great record.
Steven Hyden had this great line recently that I think applies here-"Sometimes the worst sin a band can commit is doing the same thing really well for an extended period."

― campreverb, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:09 (ten years ago)

they're kind of my comfort food of music at this point. likely my most played band of the last 10+ years.

― bnw, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:21 (ten years ago)

Set Yourself On Fire was a very, very good album and I really don't think they've matched it since.

― Turrican, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:24 (ten years ago)

"no one of lost" sounds like an ilx top 20 album, no one even nominated last year

― gr8080, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:28 (ten years ago)

"no one *is* lost"

― gr8080, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:35 (ten years ago)

No One Is Lost definitely their best album since In Our Bedroom After The War imo, though not quite as good as that one and Set Yourself On Fire. still pretty dang good though.

― Nhex, Monday, 19 October 2015 23:59 (ten years ago)

hah oh yeah, that's why cryptosicko said. i agree!

― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 00:00 (ten years ago)

two months pass...

im glad that gr8080 got into stars

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 23:58 (ten years ago)

me too.

still mystified @ no johnny fever posts itt tbh

― gr8080, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 09:16 (ten years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2016/1/Stars-plan-to-release-a-cover-song-each-month-in-2016

https://soundcloud.com/youarestars/it-aint-me-babe-cover

― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Friday, 15 January 2016 15:28 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

https://soundcloud.com/youarestars/streetlights-kanye-west-cover

― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 17:05 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

This month's:

https://soundcloud.com/youarestars/sets/monthly-cover-series

(I wasn't familiar with the original)

― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 24 March 2016 20:23 (ten years ago)

Haven't cared abot them in ages but the "Streetlights" cover is really nice. Maybe the only instance of white people covering Kanye without embarrassing themselves/the listener.

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 March 2016 23:43 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

They have a new release, "There Is No Love In Fluorescent Light". it's good too.
8 albums in they are still churning out some consistently good-to-great albums. I mean "Are you ok?"'s new-orderism's may be one of my favorite songs in their catalogue. (also going through a break-up, so heavy rotation for Stars).

― campreverb, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 20:45 (eight years ago)

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