Stars : Comeback Ep

Re-press. Torquil Campbell of Stars writes: 'Nightsongs' was a loving pastiche, but a pastiche nonetheless; 'The Comeback' e.p. is easily the best, most original music we've ever made; it is a reaction to the mundanity of some people's reactions to our work; and we like it very much. We love Montreal, but we are very poor and very bored with that; the only way to make a comeback is not give a shit about being made fun of! We don't give a shit! Don't make fun of us! We are very serious people! Amy and Chris are in love! Evan and Chris are in love! I hate all of them! vive la revolution douce! 'Krush' (Amy calims this is about me making her move from Toronto to Montreal, but i think it`s about her having a crush on Sully. Whatever, it's a hook and we believe in hooks) 'Violent' (Let's just say that sexuality is a powerful artistic tool; Sully really sounds like he needs to get off in this song) 'The Aspidistra Flies (This is a love song for lovers and people who have hope about the world; we wanted it to be very very beautiful; Eric Hove is a genius and plays the most wonderful saxaphone) 'Cote des Neiges' (We all wanted to write an instrumental, so I came up with the idea of a snowfall, seeing as that the sole sensory experience you have in Montreal between november and April; Cranner and Sully wanted it to sound like spiritualized; I wanted it to sound like Losaida from Joe Jackson's Body and Soul lp (there i go with that 80's obsession again!) so i wrote that theme) 'The Comeback' (When U first wrote this, I thought it was a character study of a washed up rock star; then I realized it was the most autobiographical song I've ever written! Maybe it's both! A band favourite). Le Grand Magistery.