Stars Shine in June w/”Ghosts”

Fifth album from acclaimed Canadian combo.

By Blurt Staff

Stars return with their fifth full-length album, The Five Ghosts, available June 22 on the band's new label imprint Soft Revolution Records. It's the band's follow-up to their 2007 release, In Our Bedroom After The War and also sees Stars returning to producer Tom McFall, who recorded 2005's Set Yourself On Fire.

Recorded in Montreal, The Five Ghosts was written by all five members :Amy Millan, Evan Cranley, Torquil Campbell, Patty McGee and Chris Seligman.  The album features a guest appearance by Toronto singer-songwriter and Broken Social Scene member Andrew Whiteman. 

 
 "We have never written an album with this much cohesion and unity' said Millan, in a statement.  "It is the first time we've had the luxury of being together in a huge room writing songs off the floor.  The Five Ghosts is quintessential Stars."

The first single is "Fixed" featuring Millan on vocals and will be available on iTunes soon.

 
This summer, Stars will embark on a  U.S. tour where they will play The Five Ghosts in its entirety, along with fan chosen selections from their back catalog: Nightsongs (2001), Heart (2003), Set Yourself On Fire (2005), In Our Bedroom After The War (2007). Details on dates and tickets will be announced through the band's web site, www.youarestars.com.
 

Tracklisting:
 
1) Dead Hearts
2) Wasted Daylight
3) I Died So I Could Haunt You
4) Fixed
5) We Don't Want Your Body
6) He Dreams He's Awake
7) Never Been Good With Change
8) The Passenger
9) The Last Song Ever Written
10) How Much More
11) Winter Bones