Stars prep new EP, tour

By Alex Young on August 29th, 2008

Hot off their appearance at Outside Lands and Torquil Campbell’s interview with CoS, Stars have announced plans that will keep the Canadian outfit quite busy in the coming months. On September 1st, Stars will introduce Sad Robots, a new six song, limited edition EP via Arts & Crafts Records. Included on the EP will be a live edition of “Going, Going, Gone” and material written and recorded this past summer at Studio Plateau in the bands hometown of Montreal, Quebec.

Still in the throes of their theatre-as-life aesthetic and continuing to explore the art of a guarded romance, Stars will unveil the beauty and tragedy of Sad Robots with an all new live show, draped in the Sad Robots visuals while they perform songs from all four full-lengths, including 2008 Polaris Prize nominated In Our Bedroom After The War.

Limited edition physical copies of Sad Robots can be obtained at any of the bands upcoming scheduled dates. A free download of “Going, Going, Gone” will be available via sadrobots.ca begining September 1st.

Sad Robots EP Tracklist:
01. Maintenance Hall, 4am
02. A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife
03. Undertow
04. Going, Going, Gone (live version)
05. 14 Forever
06. Sad Robot

Stars 2008 Tour Dates:
09/17 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street *
09/18 – Providence, RI @ Lupo’s *
09/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero *
09/20 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
09/24 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera *
09/25 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pagaent *
09/26 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada *
09/28 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ Avalon ^
10/02 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues ^
10/03 – Santa Barbara, CA @ UC of Santa Barbara ^
10/04 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Rio Theatre ^
10/06 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore ^
10/07 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall ^
10/08 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom ^
10/09 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox ^
10/10 – Bellingham, WA @ Viking Union/Western WA Univ. ^
10/29 – Fredericton, NB @ SUB Ballroom/Univ. of NB %
10/30 – Moncton, NB @ The Manhattan Club %
10/31 – Charlottetown, PEI @ The Wave/Univ. of PEI %
11/01 – Halifax, NS @ The Marquee Club %
11/03 – St. John’s, NF @ Club One %