Stars have confirmed the release of their new album "No One Is Lost" via ATO Records for October 31, 2014.
The follow-up to their 2012 album "The North" includes 11 new songs, produced by the band together with Liam O’Neil (Metric, The Stills). For the recordings, the five band members rented rehearsal space in Mile End in Montreal, directly above a nightclub. The influence of the constantly thumping disco beat is therefore unmistakable on "No One Is Lost," as drummer Pat McGee explains: “The sub-bass throb coming from the club below our studio was undeniably and unavoidably influential. It motivated us to out-throb the throb.”
The album opener "From The Night" takes you into the disco while simultaneously revealing the central theme of the record: one loses oneself in nightlife to escape from everyday life and the reality of one’s own mortality, but also to celebrate life. As singer Torquil Campbell summarizes: “Life is loss, love is loss. …That’s STARS ethos: this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”
The follow-up to their 2012 album "The North" includes 11 new songs, produced by the band together with Liam O’Neil (Metric, The Stills). For the recordings, the five band members rented rehearsal space in Mile End in Montreal, directly above a nightclub. The influence of the constantly thumping disco beat is therefore unmistakable on "No One Is Lost," as drummer Pat McGee explains: “The sub-bass throb coming from the club below our studio was undeniably and unavoidably influential. It motivated us to out-throb the throb.”
The album opener "From The Night" takes you into the disco while simultaneously revealing the central theme of the record: one loses oneself in nightlife to escape from everyday life and the reality of one’s own mortality, but also to celebrate life. As singer Torquil Campbell summarizes: “Life is loss, love is loss. …That’s STARS ethos: this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”
