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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)

nice! now if they'd only come to new york again.

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 30 December 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

what does this sound like? girl that i am in love with likes this

― Ganbare Goemon (ex machina), Thursday, 30 December 2004 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)

marry her!

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 30 December 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

too twee for j0n, I bet. its something they might play on college radio after the postal service. oh no!

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

jon has a sensitive side.

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

is that where you aim your arrow to kill him?

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Bow to the target,
Blame cupid, cupid"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't expect to like this as much as I do, it's ridiculously charming.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 31 December 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Amoeba Hollywood has a number of copies now ($20 USD).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 January 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I saw that the other day and wondered if you had bought a copy yet!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 January 2005 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

they haven't released anything bad yet.

"the comeback EP" was pretty bad. though the disc was clear and had a pretty rainbow on it. I still like "Nightsongs" the best. and the hot keyboardist

― phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

there don't seem to be any particular songs on the new album that really stand out as pop-gems like "my radio" or "elevator love letter" or the "this charming man" cover.

― phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I saw that the other day and wondered if you had bought a copy yet!

They actually had like 1 copy that I managed to snap up in mid-november. What's the deal with Canadian imports being so much more difficult to obtain than UK or Japanese!?!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 January 2005 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

i thought this would be about Micahael jackson 's Pepsi ad .

― pepsi kid, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

It's better than their live show thats for sure. I'm still not convinced that the male need sing any song.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

how can you hate on the magical torquil? He was the voice of Bill Badger!

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Because he came off as a watered down Fred Schneider.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Here J0n I was trying to figure out if I would like this band and this was the editorial review of the other album I found on Amazon.

14 tracks of pure heaven. Celestial slices and sidereal sounds. 'Nightsongs,' the long-awaited debut album from Stars contains beautiful beats, heartfelt lyrics, and enough injections of Morrissey, Marr, Derrick May, Bjork, The Blue Nile, New Order, Frazier Chorus, Style Council, Electronic, Marvin Gaye, The Chimes, and De La Soul to move St. Etienne and all the angels up in heaven to tears. Tears of joy. Salty tears the likes of which they've never wept before. But it's not too late. It's never too late for 'Nightsongs.' A million dancehall dreams will be built around these words and rhythms. Most of those dreams will be shattered: She'll break your heart. He'll never call. You'll never even say a word. All else might vanish, but these songs will last. Painful and perfect reminders of the hope. Reminders of that salvation in desperation, the living and the moving, the dancing and the grooving. Those moments of madness and sadness, of elation and vibration! These songs are already playing in your head. You can almost hear them. Put this disc in your system, turn it up and just let the music flow. A dizzying array of words will fall from the mouths of Stars, while bandmates Torquil Campbell, Chris Seligman and their gaggle of electronics and associates play poet to your past and pervert to your present. They even put "motherfucking" to use in a way that is both tactful and sublime. Their clubby cover of the Smiths' "This Charming Man" is sure to win them some instant fans, but their original compositions will have this band living up to their moniker in no time. The soft revolution starts here!

HACK LA VOMIT

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The AMG one ain't too much better.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

How do they compare with The Arcade Fire? Rilo Kiley?

― don, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 16:04 (twenty-one years ago)

How do they compare with The Arcade Fire?

OH FUCK OFF

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

less bleak goth spookiness then arcade fire. more beats and bleeps and sweetness and (way) better singing then Rilo Kiley.

and thankfully, bad reviews (and that one is horrid, "nightsongs" is hardly dancey at all) don't mean bad music!!!!!!!!!11111111

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks bnw.

― don, Wednesday, 5 January 2005 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, I sort of like that review. Also, the singing on Rilo Kiley, at least on "Portions for Foxes", while a bit overwrought, is excellent. Also, Torq's vocals aren't expendable because the music would be just pretty without him. His weird venom, although it sounds histrionic at times, really make the emotional component of the songs very strong. He's flawless on "Elevator Love Letter". Amy Millan is for me the virtual second coming of Bilinda Jayne Butcher, she's a celestial air raid siren.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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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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