STARS + Murray A. Lightburn

Dat het Canadese Arts & Crafts (A&C) een boel aan fantastische artiesten in huis heeft, is wel duidelijk. Naast Stephen Malkmus, Feist en Broken Social Scene, brengt ook Stars sinds jaar en dag albums uit op dit label. Met het losvaste collectief Broken Social Scene wisselen ze al eens graag leden uit. En zangeres Amy Millan bracht tevens enkele fantastische solo-albums uit. Heel wat interessante kruisbestuiving, dus, daar bij knuffelband Stars. 

Met bijna 20 jaar op de teller, blijft het uit Toronto afkomstige Stars zich bewijzen als één van de gezelligste indiepopbands van nu. Hun laatste plaat There Is No Love In Fluorescent Light werd opgenomen met producer Peter Katis (The National, Japandroids), en omschreef de band als: "Does no one fall in love under fluorescent light? Pretty sure that's not true, as many an office romance could attest. But as a statement in support of love's delusions, we will stand by it. In love, the lights are different, softer; the air has more oxygen in it; and for a second, all you need is a good chorus to believe this might be the one."

Dit najaar keert Stars terug naar ons land om de 15e verjaardag van Set Yourself On Fire (2004) te vieren. 

Murray Lightburn is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for The Dears. Lightburn has been called "the black Morrissey" [1] due to his vocal similarity (and shared penchant for somewhat dark lyrics) to the former The Smiths lead singer. Incidentally, The Dears toured as Morrissey's opening act during Morrissey's solo tour. His voice is also often compared to that of Damon Albarn.[2] Lightburn claims to be "absolutely fucking bored to death" with these recurrent comparisons.[3] In 2005, Lightburn married fellow band member, keyboardist/singer Natalia Yanchak. They have a daughter named Neptune Lightburn. In 2011, within a review of The Dears' 'Degeneration Street', TC of Clash magazine wrote "Lightburn has become a leading contemporary songwriter, fusing together words of anguish, a suitably pained vocal style and a musical backdrop that is always in waiting to take a song to a higher plain[4]." In 2013, Lightburn issued a solo Album called MASS:LIGHT. MASS:LIGHT was an exercise in polarity: It was an electronic opera outing. It was a gothic pop album, straddling the line between dark and light. In 2015, it is a celebration year for the Dears, existing 20 years. Still unsure if the band will celebrate this by touring again

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