This is how I put it when suggesting to David that we check out Stars: "I think they will be sweet live, and they might be just under the radar enough that the rest of the punters will actually be starry-eyed (pun unintended) indie romantics rather than idiot hipsters." And you know what, I think that that was actually pretty close to the mark in the end (and with a sell-out crowd no less). What I can say for certain is that it was a very nice show despite Stars turning out to be only really an average-to-good live act, not as crashy as I'd expected and a bit wavery in places, but still from opener "The Night Starts Here" and minor classic "Elevator Love Letter" through most of Set Yourself On Fire and In Our Bedroom After The War (the obvious ones, "Take Me To The Riot" and "Bitches In Tokyo" really taking off from the latter, and the cast-iron high points from the other, particularly "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" and "One More Night (Your Ex-Lover Remains Dead" hitting hard from the earlier) it was a nice way to spend an evening.
(w/ David + Justine)
