In all of the scrambling that
I've been doing in order to get caught up since I got back from vacation I
sort of forgot that Stars released an EP at the beginning of the month.
Now, if I had to guess I would have said that the effort was certainly
accepted with open arms by all who heard it, but based on my browsings it
really doesn't seem that way at all. In fact, just about every site
that I visited yesterday had mostly negative remarks about Sad Robot.
I realize that it isn't the normal, glistening electro-pop that they've
supplied ears throughout all these years, but it does feature them trying
some different things - the most of which work rather well. Anyhow, if
you have a little extra cash in your pockets then I definitely recommend
trying the Sad Robot EP out. Enjoy.
:Stars -
A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife:
The majority of Stars' material doesn't exactly make me
conjure up the word epic, but with a slow building
arrangement, segmented vocal introductions to Torquil and
Amy and an almost six-minute runtime, this might be as close
as they ever get. And sure, like I mentioned in the
introduction, it may not be as pretty and accessible as
previous efforts, but if you calm down for a second, throw
on some headphones and pay attention then you just might
find something worth remembering.
I'm almost
certain that I've shared the video for Your Ex-Lover Is
Dead in the past, but in all honesty that's of no real
concern to me since it's totally worth seeing forever.
Now get to watching!
- John Laird -
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