See Stars and Set Yourself On Fire

This band (currently getting the most play on my iPod, alongside, Sade and John Mayer), is a pleasantry among the current barage of bands in the indie movement. Don't get me wrong, I am a total indie supporter. In fact, it's most of what I listen to these days. Stars were unexpected in my world of music. A few months back in Providence, I saw them open for one of my fav bands, Death Cab for Cutie. It's rare that I really dig opening bands. And even when I watched them perform I wasn't awestruck or anything like that. But I found myself very intrigued. I was enjoying the sound, it wasn't quite like anything I had heard before. I just knew I liked it, which led me to purchase the album Set Yourself On Fire. I listened to it a few times, enjoyed it and put it aside. I recently revisited it and can't get enough. There are two lead singers, primarily a male voice which tangos nicely with that of the female lead. Soft, angelic, sexy. They come across as intimate partners and you can feel it not only in the music but in the lyrics. Set Yourself on Fire, to me, is a relationship gone awry. Up, down, sideways, underside, reversed, horizontal, vertical. Any angle you look at it, it's just one of those things you can't figure out, as is the nature of relationships. A neverending (or sometimes tail-chasing) enigma we choose to embrace. I love this album. Plain and simple. There's a certain tone throughout...a kind of sexy desolation. Did I say that I love this album? I do. I urge you to check them out. They're playing at the legendary Webster Hall in NYC on February 25 (if anyone can get tickets, let me know!). You can catch them at all other major cities as well. Enjoy...

One More Night

Try as he might
He's unable to speak
He grabs her by the hair
He strokes her on the cheek
The bed is un-made
Like everything is
Dark little heaven
At the top of the stairs

Take me like that
Ruin it all
Then build it again
By the light in the hall

He drops to his knees
Says please my love, please
I'll kill who you hate
Take off that dress, you won't freeze

One more night, that was a good one
One more night, I dreamed it was good one (one more)
One more night, that was a good one
One more night, the end should be a good one
A good one

He starts with her back
Cause thats what he sees
When she's breaking his heart
She still fucks like a tease

Release to the sky
Look him straight in the eye
And tell him right now
That you wish he would die

You'll never touch him again
So get what you can
Bleeding him empty
Just because he's a man

So good when it ends
They'll never be friends
One more night
That's all they can spend is

One more night, that was a good one
One more night, I dreamed it was good one (one more)
One more night, that was a good one
One more night, the end should be a good one
A good one