Stars in Concert @ NPR All Songs Considered
Stars recently released its fourth and best album, the powerful (and powerfully titled) In Our Bedroom After the War. It’s an artful mix of sadness and joy, set against a wash of ’80s-pop-inspired guitars and rhythms.
Stars frontman Torquil Campbell says he had a singular goal in crafting the album: “What is the darkest possible situation I could try to turn into a beautiful pop song? To me, that’s our responsibility in writing — that no matter how grim it is, it’s your life, and we have to try to make it beautiful for three and a half minutes. If you could make horror movies that were like love stories, that would be my ultimate genre.”
Campbell formed Stars in 2000 with keyboardist Chris Seligman before relocating from New York to Montreal. They were joined later by singer Amy Millan and drummer Pat McGee.
