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 Review by: Meg See others by this writer Official Website (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on September 4th 2005
The thought of a band blending the vocals of both Azure Ray and Morrissey and the unique instrumental assembly of Neutral Milk Hotel almost sounds to good to be true, and yet, Stars manages to deliver just that. With an album featuring trumpets, glockenspiels, French horns, saxophones, violins, and cellos, anything short of an “epic” sound is unrealistic.
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"Your Ex-Lover is Dead" is a damn good song. I really dont think they meant to rip off Explosions in the Sky with the album cover... I mean EITS's fan base is close enough to theirs to make trying to rip off their album cover a pretty stupid move. If EITS had been something completely obscure and unrelated they perhaps could have gotten away with it... the resemblance is uncanny tho... right down to the red print. good album tho. heart is better. "Time cannot kill the true heart" is one of my favorite songs ever. You have to love the anonymous posters on this site. meh, they arent incredible...but a decent listen. i can see the cover comparison between explosions..but they probably didn't even realize they were doing it. as far as the album, it has gotten its fair share of spins since it came out (which seems like forever ago). "ageless beauty" is the obvious standout and the only song that i still play with any frequency. also, everyone should check out the video for that song. it's seriously one of my favorite videos ever. "Truly scene? Oh man, lamest comment ever." I've heard this album zillions of times by now and it's every bit as good as the first spin through. Torq Campbell and Amy Millan can do no wrong. I don't hear a blend of Morrisey vocals in this. score is for what ghostmonkey said. this album art completely rips off explosions in the sky. this album art completely rips off explosions in the sky. Truly scene? Oh man, lamest comment ever. The kids are me? Oh noes! I am slain! The kids are you, you dick. Who fucking cares, anyways? Shit. The kids are too busy with the motherfucking Bravery to care about Stars. I think Heart got them some crossover fans in the John Mayer brigade, but I haven't heard anything about this. "Thank you Punkforkmedia.org" "the kids"? dude, just because you're 17 doesn't mean that you're still not one of the kids. sucka. 12,000 years late? so thats like what, dinosaurs and shit? Thank you Punkforkmedia.org You guys are just about 12,000 years late. Thanks for sharing. I personally perfer their last record "Heart". i don't necessarily know if "the kids" are flipping over this; i've seen them three or four times and none of those shows have been all ages...i'm not really tapped into "the kids" "scene" though... horrible review. neutral milk hotel? i dont see the reference. And Azure Ray? not even close. Agreement with the non-Neutral Milk Hotel comment below. Although it is warranted that the reviewer commented on unique instrumentation similar to Magnum's use of french horns, trumpets, and fucking saws. about the only newer band who should be compared to nmh is sleep station. How do you compare this to Neutral Milk Hotel? Why does every new "indie" record get compared to them these days? This has nothing in common with that. Jesus Fuck! i think the world creamed their shorts over the arcade fire, when stars is the more exciting band. who knows. blame canada. i detest neutral milk hotel so i'm sure i'll love this record. wait that didn't make sense. OLD PUNKER -download the good song (Ageless Beauty)from here before getting the lp they could probably take over the world if they would just effing release "your ex-lover is dead" as a single already... Ghostmonkey, you mention slowdive, boy i miss them, love mojave 3 tho, i may pick this up based on your reference to slowdive alone-oldpunker- "Ageless Beauty" is absolutely stunning. The first three tracks on this CD are ridiculously good. This whole album is awesome. "Ageless Beauty" is the best track on the album, and one of my favourite songs of the year so far, reminds me of My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. Shame the rest of the lp is not as good. i agree with Scott and Anchors is pretty dead on. also, this band is boring as fuck. I absolutely love the first song on this album i haven't heard anyone flipping over this band, but since they are going on tour with death cab for cutie i'm sure after that tour stars will be just alittle bit bigger....their cd before this (Heart) one is alot better...i saw them live back in may or june in chicago and they didn't have a huge crowd at the show...oh well i enjoy it i haven't heard anyone flipping over this band, but since they are going on tour with death cab for cutie i'm sure after that tour stars will be just alittle bit bigger....their cd before this (Heart) one is alot better...i saw them live back in june in chicago and they didn't have a huge crowd at the show...oh well i enjoy it "Posted by Anonymous on 2005-09-06 00:25:42 I was thinking that too, Anchors. Is that supposed to be a parody, or were we not supposed to notice the huge similarity? This makes my pants tight! Anchors, everybody in the world called, they want you to shut the hell up new broken social scene got leaked too Explosions In The Sky called, they want their album cover back. Kids are flipping out over this band like they're the second coming of Jesus (or the Arcade Fire; whatever). I found nothing special in this record at all. Pass. |
