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Set Yourself on Fire

Set Yourself on Fire
Stars

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Track Listing

  1. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
  2. Set Youself On Fire
  3. Ageless Beauty
  4. Reunion
  5. Big Fight
  6. What I'm Trying To Say
  7. One More Night
  8. Sleep Tonight
  9. First Five Times
  10. He Lied About Death
  11. Celebration Guns
  12. Soft Revolution
  13. Calendar Girl

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #41509 in Music
  • Released on: 2006-03-06
  • Number of discs: 1

Editorial Reviews

From the Label
Canada is currently producing a ridiculous number of hot new bands – who will all now have to move along to make room for Montreal five piece, Stars, who release their stunning album, Set Yourself On Fire in Europe and the UK this summer. Closely aligned with the exciting Broken Social Scene collective and signed to the renowned Arts & Crafts label in the US, Stars are a classic pop outfit with a relentless armoury of tunes, king size harmonies and an infectious spirit that is undeniable. Insistent and infectious, Evan’s driving bassline and the swirls of Amy’s breathy vocals leave you reeling for more. Some bands can exist in a timeless pop bubble that bursts all other attempts at the genre. Stars are one such band. After parading their wares at SXSW and taking London by the scruff when they played their lavishly embellished, drama-filled songs of love and anguish with reckless abandon at the Buzzard, Stars are poised to go stellar with their brilliant album, Set Yourself On Fire.

Customer Reviews

Elegant and Well Crafted5
Its rare that an album like this is released and, quite simply, its beautiful music. Music that has depth and meaning. Music that is crafted to perfection. It may not appeal to the masses and it probably it won't be on any charts. But its a thing of beauty, something to help you get through a cluttered day, to help you deal with your messy relationships. Each song blends gracefully into the next and transports you through an emotional journey.

lyrically, this album is pearless. I highly recommend it

Perfect harmonies and blissed-out fuzz4
The reviews below are spot on. I don't know how I missed this the first time around. To my ear it sounds kind of like Arcade Fire being produced by My Bloody Valentine. It combines the soaring harmonies and melodies of the former with the blissed-out, fuzzy warmth of the latter. The stand-out tracks are probably Ageless Beauty and Your Ex-Lover, but there is no drop off in quality through the whole set. In fact, the songs work beautifully together, with a lot of different sounds and textures going on, while making a perfectly formed whole. In particular, the perfect boy/girl harmonie provide a common thread which links everything together. A really beautiful record.

No Mick Hucknall in sight...4
I stumbled across the promo video for 'Your ex lover is dead' online and fell in love with the song - I purchased the album straight away.

I'm not sure how this gem passed me by last year - beautiful arrangements, lyrics that tug on the heart strings. There are some gorgeous boy/girl harmonies on here - two voices that compliment one another really well.

The album maintains a high standard throughout and hints that Stars have a very bright future indeed.