Stars
From Capelton Hill
Release Date: May 27, 2022
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Chamber Pop
Record label: Last Gang Records
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Album Review: From Capelton Hill by Stars
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
Capelton Hill is located in Quebec's Eastern Townships, where you can visit one of the oldest copper mines in the country. The place is also dear to the heart of Stars' Torquil Campbell, whose grandfather used to build homes there in the late 1800s. It's no wonder then that the band's new album From Capelton Hill taps into themes of nostalgia, loss and hope, resulting in a beautiful, moving record.
Based on rating 4
The Canadians’ finest work since Set Yourself On Fire shows off harmony-laden chamber pop that’s melancholy and uplifting all at once In the mid-2000s, it sometimes seemed like Canada was the centre of the indie-pop world. Whether it be Arcade Fire or Broken Social Scene, Feist or The New Pornographers, or whatever Wainwright you could shake a stick at, everything cool seemed to be centered in or around Montreal. Stars were very much in the centre of that indie-pop solar system, working with Broken Social Scene and even swapping band members with them sometimes.
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