― Lovelace (Lovelace), Saturday, 15 October 2005 00:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Lovelace- are you the denizen of the Lyra Lovelace blog?
― viborgu, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 02:46 (eighteen years ago) link
and no, that lovelace is not me.
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 4 November 2005 05:32 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Friday, 4 November 2005 05:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― john p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 4 November 2005 05:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 4 November 2005 08:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link
so they've done two versions?
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― t_g, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Ageless Beauty <3
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 21 June 2007 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I think this song will always be able to cheer me up
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 21 June 2007 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link
there is an acoustic version of this song for download on last.fm apparently
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 21 June 2007 02:54 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Trayce, Thursday, 21 June 2007 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
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"
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
oooh
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
wow. good on them. hope it works out.
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic albums released after a 4 day break (or less)
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
woo! me bai now!
― bnw, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
shame about the apostrophes
― RJG, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
can't figure out how to buy it...
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
On first listen: oh no.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
so smart--i just bought it
― cutty, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
why "oh no" though? haven't listened yet
link to buy??
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.galleryac.com/product_info.php?products_id=60818&cPath=
― jaymc, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
or itunes
― cutty, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:07 (sixteen years ago) link
thanks guys!
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
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!).
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Getting those same goosebumps I always do when I listen to their albums for the first time.
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― cutty, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
This is a Stars thread, indulge yourself!
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 July 2007 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link
might still be their best song but your second statement is untrueth
― cutty, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 00:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean I get the rabid fandom, I used to be there myself (look upthread!), it's just that a switch got flipped and now I can't take their music to heart like I used to.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 July 2007 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link
track 2 is too dirgey for an opener. 3 is decent. 4 just melted me when amy came on :)
― bnw, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
midnight coward is everything great about this band rolled into one. genova heights - decent, there's a little r&b in this album. personal is like old school stars, soft and dramatic, still effective. barricade is a torch song, I like torq's voice but this will get the skip button most likely :/
― bnw, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm happy to have more stars but this album could use more hooks. Maybe it'll grow on me. The ending is v. nice.
― bnw, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 02:15 (sixteen years ago) link
amy millan is the shit...i saw her with BSS awhile ago and she was amazing
― gman, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 05:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Have never been able to get into Millan's solo stuff even though I love her voice. Maybe it's cos it seems to lack the layers that I'm so fond of on Stars' stuff, like Emily Haines' + Soft Skeleton work compared to her Metric material.
Always loved "Set Yourself on Fire", still do, and then I heard "Heart" which, if possible, I'm even more fond of. Even though it's a bit soppier.
― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 10:00 (sixteen years ago) link
And naturally very excited aboot the new one. I will pay real cash-monay for it.
― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 10:03 (sixteen years ago) link
This album is melting me into a puddle of goo. Rocketing up the 2007 list.
― Davey D, Thursday, 12 July 2007 05:20 (sixteen years ago) link
...although "Barricade" is, um... maybe a little embarrassing.
― Davey D, Thursday, 12 July 2007 05:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I wish I had better headphones and my iPod cable so I could curl up with this.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 12 July 2007 06:00 (sixteen years ago) link
A double-dip for Stars with this idea I reckon; have just paid for the download and will definitely buy the album come September. That said, the download is only 192kbps, so not *ideal* quality (A&C should do a Warp style 320kbps or lossless option).
Have only had a chance to listen a couple of times, but am already feeling the Stars magic working - repeat play on Genova Heights this morning, the chorus is purest Scritti Politti loveliness. As a whole it doesn't seem to be AS good as Set Yourself On Fire, but that was a slow-burner for me too and ended up my favourite record of the year. Am also not 100% on the production this time round, seems a bit muddy compared to the fantastic sound of SYOF - might just be the less than perfect mp3s though.
― Bill A, Thursday, 12 July 2007 09:25 (sixteen years ago) link