Wednesday 10 March 2010
Stars introduce us to The Five Ghosts
(photo: Norman Wong)
Soft Revolutions Records is proud to announce their inaugural release will be The Five Ghosts, the fifth full-length from my beloved Stars. It only makes sense: Soft Revolution is the band’s brand spanking new label, established after they decided to leave Arts & Crafts for new adventures in hi-fi. It will be licensed worldwide (except for Canada) through Vagrant Records, and hits the shelves on June 22.
Amy Millan has gone on record saying that “The Five Ghosts is quintessential Stars,” adding, “We have never written an album with this much cohesion and unity, …it is the first time we’ve had the luxury of being together in a huge room writing songs off the floor.” They recorded the album in Montreal with producer Tom McFall, who was at the desk for their 2005 LP Set Yourself On Fire. All five members contributed to songwriting duties, and friend Andrew Whiteman from Broken Social Scene/Apostle of Hustle dropped by for a special guest appearance, too.
The first single is called “Fixed” and will be available soon through iTunes. The tracklisting for The Five Stars is:
1) Dead Hearts
2) Wasted Daylight
3) I Died So I Could Haunt You
4) Fixed
5) We Don’t Want Your Body
6) He Dreams He’s Awake
7) Never Been Good With Change
8 ) The Passenger
9) The Last Song Ever Written
10) How Much More
11) Winter Bones
The band’s new website features a making-of video, with a preview of what to expect. Torq rapping? I don’t know how I feel about that yet, but I do know that next to teh new Rufus Wainwright disc coming out in a couple of weeks, this is the record I’m anxiously awaiting the most.
Video: Stars “Making of The Five Ghosts pt. 1
MP3: Stars “Soft Revolution”
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Wyatt March 28th, 2010 at 12:46 am
This album will be awesome! They haven’t had a new one in a while! Stars is my favorite band!!!