I feel like we’ve been in a period of inactivity with the blog, with me switching gears and talking about films along with other random subjects. It’s a start of a new week though, and I think it’s time to start getting back to writing about music. With the year dwindling away I find myself looking back more than looking ahead with the music i’m currently listening to. I’m either just too lazy or I just don’t care to try and find anything. That doesn’t mean I haven’t found anything I like as there are plenty of bands i’ve been meaning to write about but just never got around to.
It seems Chicago has become my place to find bands that I thoroughly enjoy. I probably should just move there as i’ve fallen hard for the wonderful shoegaze-pop from the trio STAR. No not Stars of the Canadian variety, but one could lazily make that mistake upon first seeing that name. Bringing in a beautiful wall of guitar noise akin to Jesus and Mary Chain along with the dreamy whisper of Shannon Roberts’ almost bubblegum like vocals and you’ll have some of the most beautiful noise to grace your ears this entire year.
Apparently, STAR have recorded 2 or 3 full albums, but none have yet to be released as of now. There’s no word on their website about it either so for now we just have these tracks to sample. Hopefully we’ll be hearing more about this band in the coming months and into the new year as they’ve got such a great sound. Regardless of it’s shoegaze influences, it’s just a lovely and melodic pop sound that gets my highest recommendation.
It’s nice though to see shoegaze’s influence in a lot of the current crop of bands throughout this year. Though with most it’s not a direct influence, but it’s at the least being used in subtle yet new and creative ways.
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STAR | “Jailor”
STAR | “Switchblade Heart”
STAR | “Liars In Love”
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I need to just go ahead and get my Macbook. I want to write I want to write. I need money. And STAR is really great, played them on my show about 2 months back.
Yey, STAR! They are the best! I love them so….
[...] I’ve mentioned here before about my than newfound love for the dreamy shoegaze of STAR. Back when I first discovered the band, they only had less than a handful of tracks out as there were no album releases to speak of even though they had apparently finished recording 2 or 3 full albums. What those few tracks held were a promising potential for what could be possibly in store for us once we were finally able to hear a full-length album from them. Surprisingly, that promise has finally come in the form of their full-length recording Devastator. It was just released a week ago, but I had no clue. Luckily I was mailed the album late last week, and i’ve been listening to it constantly ever since. [...]