Hi blog - time to get reacquainted!

Yesterday I bought the "new" Stars album - In Our Bedroom After The War released in 2007. It's also a 2008 Polaris Prize nominee. It's also been on many Radio 3 podcasts.

Sometimes I take a while to catch a hint.

This album is epic. Pop made orchestral with hooks the size of ham hocks. It's got a touch of easy listening thrown in. Flutes - yay Flutes! Sure, you could just buy the singles - Take Me to the Riot for instance. Then you would be missing out on a true album experience. Buy the album. iTunes Plus for less than 10$ (9.99$ such a penny of savings and so much psychological goodness in that penny).

Just try not listening to this twice in one day.

I also bought the older Black Mountain album (hey, it was music catalog back-fill day) and it is also very good. Not as accessible as the newer album but very good in it's own right. The newer album has a bit more fullness to it with some better vocal interplay by McBean and Webber. Get that one. They are amazing live though; as witnessed at this year's Dawson City Music Festival - the rainy year. I should scribble about that soon as well...