In our bedroom after the war es el cuarto álbum de los (como no) canadienses Stars, una banda de indie pop con estilo propio que me encandiló con su anterior disco, Set yourself on fire. Pues este disco tiene pinta de ser mejor. He podido escucharlo atentamente y es muy completo. Creo que va a ser uno de los discos del año. Me encantan el single The night starts here y sobre todo el que probablemente sea segundo single Take me to the riot.
[MP3] Stars - The night starts here
[MP3] Stars - Take me to the riot
La fecha oficial de lanzamiento del disco es el 25 de Septiembre pero preveyendo que alguien lo colgaría en internte, el grupo y la discográfica han decidido venderlo por anticipado de forma digital. Me parece una idea muy buena (¿adivináis como lo he escuchado yo? pues eso), ya que te permite no tener que esperar casi 3 meses para comprarlo y a la vez palia un poco las perdidas debidas a que la gente encuentre el modo de ripearlo y bajarselo. Este es el comunicado oficial:
"On September 25th, Arts&Crafts will release Stars' fourth studio album, In Our Bedroom After War. We love it and are excited and proud to be bring 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. Last 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 hopes of securing airplay. etc, etc.
Inevitably someone will leak the album.
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 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, four days after it's completion. The CD and double vinyl versions of the album will still be released on our official release date, September 25th. We hope you will continue to support music retailers should a physical album in all it's 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.
Jeffrey Remedios, Arts & Crafts"
Que tal está, yo lo tengo por ahí bajado pero no lo he escuchado. El anterior me parece algo desigual...
Publicado por: juan_solo | 18/07/07 en 18:02
Pues hay un salto de calidad apreciable en la producción, pero es que a mi el anterior me pareció bastante bueno :-) Hay, como en todos los discos, un par de lagunas, pero perdonables. Se merece al menos que le des una oportunidad.
Un saludo
Publicado por: kadeworld | 23/07/07 en 12:07