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Stars (the band) release new album but delay for physical format
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Article
written by Paul M
Jul 16, 2007.
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Super Canuck popsters Stars release their new album “IN OUR BEDROOM AFTER THE WAR” today... but only in digital form.
Available through through iTunes as of today it will be a full two months before its release on vinyl and compact disc. Why? Read on, a message from the band:
Friends, fans and supporters of Stars...
On September 24th, we will release Stars' fourth studio album, In Our Bedroom After War.
We love it and are excited and proud to be bringing it to the world.
We enlisted Joe Chiccarelli to mix the album. He finished in early June, passing the tapes along to Emily Lazar at the Lodge for mastering. On Friday, July 6th, a final master was delivered to us.
Traditional music business practice says we are to begin sending out copies of this album now. We give advance copies to print publications in hopes of securing features that coincide with our September date. We meet with radio stations in the hope of securing airplay. etc, etc.
Inevitably someone will leak the album on to the Internet
Throughout this process, the most important people in this value chain, the fans, are given only two options - wait until September 25th to legally purchase the new album or choose from a variety of illegal low comfort bit torrent sources and download the album for free, at any time.
We hope you'll choose to support the band, and choose to pay for their album. However we don't think it's fair you should have to wait until September 25th to do so.
We believe that the line between the media and the public is now completely grey. What is the difference between a writer for a big glossy music magazine and a student writing about their favourite bands on their blog? What differentiates a commercial radio station from someone adding a song to their lastfm channel or their myspace page?
As such, we are making the new Stars album available for legal download today, only days after it's completion. The CD and double vinyl versions of the album will still be released on our official release date, September 24th. We hope you will continue to support music retailers should a physical album in all its packaged glory be your choice of format.
It's our hope that given a clear, legal alternative to downloading music for free, you will choose to support the creators.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Sincerely,
Stars and City Slang
The album has already been released on iTunes in the US and Stars’ native Canada where the album immediately went to Number 1 in the iTunes album chart.
Stars will be touring North America and Europe throughout the autumn. Dates will soon be announced.
Stars In Our Bedroom After The War Tracklisting:
1. The Beginning After The End
2. The Night Starts Here
3. Take Me To The Riot
4. My Favourite Book
5. Midnight Coward
6. The Ghost Of Genova Heights
7. Personal
8. Barricade
9. Window Bird
10. Life 2: The Unhappy Ending
11. Bitches In Tokyo
12. Today Will Be Better, I Swear!
13. In Our Bedroom After The War
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