加拿大独立乐团STARS，带着第五张专辑The Five Ghosts回来了。04年专辑《Set Yourself OnFire》让他们名声大噪。STARS换了很多厂牌，从Le Grand Magistery 到加拿大大牌 Arts & Crafts等等，这次专辑则是Soft Revolution出品。感觉这张专辑整体多了些电子，感觉STARS的独立不只有绵软，独立中带着刚强，大气。值得一听。We can add another name to the list of big indie bands releasing new albums this spring: Stars. The arch, dramatic Canadian indie poppers will release The Five Ghosts, their fifth studio album, on June 22. This will be the first Stars album since 2007’s In Our Bedroom After the War, and it’ll also be the first release on the band’s own new label Soft Revolution, which will be distributed outside Canada via Vagrant. All five members of the band contributed songwriting to the album, and Broken Social Scene\u002FApostle of Hustle member Andrew Whiteman makes a guest appearance. The first single, “Fixed”, features lead vocals from Stars co-leader Amy Millan. In a statement, Millan says, “We have never written an album with this much cohesion and unity. It is the first time we’ve had the luxury of being together in a huge room writing songs off the floor.” Before the album drops, the band will tour clubs playing The Five Ghosts in its entirety, as well as fan-chosen old jams “Take Me to the Riot”, “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead”, and “Ageless Beauty”. They haven’t announced any of their dates yet, so keep an eye out.