stars "set yourself on fire"

As per usual, I pop out of the housetechdancefloor foxhole of my own creation to "discover" a band that people much cooler than myself have probably tired of by now. I bought "Reunion", "Stars", and the "This Charming Man" cover off of iTunes a few days ago. All three are amazing, and "Reunion" is set to replace Interpol's "Evil" as my New Favourite Thing Ever (tm).

What else do I need?

Lovelace- are you the denizen of the Lyra Lovelace blog?

and no, that lovelace is not me.

Except this is their "Nightsongs" version.
http://s56.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2BBE3ZR4IDW5L37P5BGOXYI24H

I have another Stars rendition somewhere else that I prefer more...I'll see if I can find it.

so they've done two versions?

Ageless Beauty <3

I think this song will always be able to cheer me up

there is an acoustic version of this song for download on last.fm apparently

Found the clip on youtube a couple of weeks back. I liked it! They sound like Lush. Well in that song anyway. It was very lovely.

Good strategy:

"On September 25th, Arts&Crafts will release Stars' fourth studio album, In Our Bedroom After War.

We love it and are excited and proud to be bringing it to the world.

We enlisted Joe Chiccarelli to mix the album. He finished in early June, passing the tapes along to Emily Lazar at the Lodge for mastering. Last Friday, July 6th, a final master was delivered to us.

Traditional music business practice says we are to begin sending out copies of this album now. We give advance copies to print publications in hopes of securing features that coincide with our September date. We meet with radio stations in hopes of securing airplay. etc, etc.

Inevitably someone will leak the album.

Throughout this process, the most important people in this value chain, the fans, are given only two options - wait until September 25th to legally purchase the new album or choose from a variety of sources and download the album for free, at any time.

We hope you'll choose to support the band, and choose to pay for their album. However we don't think it's fair you should have to wait until September 25th to do so.

We believe that the line between the media and the public is now completely grey.
What is the difference between a writer for a big glossy music magazine and a student writing about their favourite bands on their blog? What differentiates a commercial radio station from someone adding a song to their lastfm channel? or their myspace page?

As such, we are making the new Stars album available for legal download today, four days after it's completion. The CD and double vinyl versions of the album will still be released on our official release date, September 25th. We hope you will continue to support music retailers should a physical album in all it's packaged glory be your choice of format.

It's our hope that given a clear, legal alternative to downloading music for free, you will choose to support the creators.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Sincerely,

Stars and Arts&Crafts"

oooh

wow. good on them. hope it works out.

Classic albums released after a 4 day break (or less)

The fact that they're doing this makes me want to support them more than I'd have done otherwise. So yeah, I'm probably going to be legally downloading this album, which I'm already excited about, since I liked the last one quite a bit.

woo! me bai now!

shame about the apostrophes

can't figure out how to buy it...

On first listen: oh no.

so smart--i just bought it

why "oh no" though? haven't listened yet

link to buy??

http://www.galleryac.com/product_info.php?products_id=60818&cPath=

or itunes

thanks guys!

oooooh, didn't really feel the track that was on pitchfork, but these others are wonderful!

Not sure why anyone would say "oh no", it's not like it's anything other than Stars (and quality Stars at that!).

Getting those same goosebumps I always do when I listen to their albums for the first time.

i trust you, spencer, looking forward to a good listen with this

their albums always make me want to fall in love

go ahead, make fun of me

This is a Stars thread, indulge yourself!

I think my "oh no" comes from not being able to shake a nagging feeling I have about them that's developed over the past year or so. I still like quite a few of their songs but over time I have hit a wall with them. I think it has to do with their "love songs for the idle rich" vibe.

Although "Tokyo Bitches" sounds nice.

"Elevator Love Letter" is all about people who work too hard. In general, I think their lyrics are about urban professionals who find it hard to make real connections.

I think that the emphasis on the work routine in that song is the key to its emotional payoff, and it's still their best song - the rest of their ouevre lacks drive by comparison.