{"id":19807,"date":"2016-02-12T14:32:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T19:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19807"},"modified":"2017-07-17T20:55:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T00:55:39","slug":"dead-stars-share-new-track-unpopular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19807","title":{"rendered":"Dead Stars share new track &#8216;Unpopular&#8217; from upcoming album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20532\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/f73babe7-b78b-4806-a5c3-276d33d613d3.jpg?resize=550%2C361\" alt=\"Dead Stars\" width=\"550\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/f73babe7-b78b-4806-a5c3-276d33d613d3.jpg?w=550 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/f73babe7-b78b-4806-a5c3-276d33d613d3.jpg?resize=300%2C197 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>Dead Stars&#8217; sophomore LP,\u00a0&#8216;Bright Colors,&#8217; is due out March 4th via the band&#8217;s own Weird Tree Records, and they have shared another track from the album that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/joyfulnoiserecordings.us4.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=0ea13401c4c64990bafde608b&amp;id=0c826a85d5&amp;e=8ff842935a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Noisey<\/u><\/a>\u00a0describes as &#8220;the track to fit your minor existential crisis.&#8221; Take a listen to album track, <em>Unpopular<\/em>, via\u00a0Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F241132521&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=787574\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Having drawn comparisons to &#8217;90s favorites like Teenage Fanclub, Weezer, and The Lemonheads, there&#8217;s no denying that there&#8217;s a nostalgic quality to Dead Stars&#8217;\u00a0sound, but the Brooklyn-based trio manages to keep things fresh &amp; modern. Crunchy, fuzzed-out guitars pair with catchy pop melodies and the band&#8217;s no-gimmicks approach to songwriting, resulting in songs that fans can sing along to after just one listen.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/0ea13401c4c64990bafde608b\/images\/d236fc87-33cd-470b-8565-abd47b1961ce.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dead Stars Bright Colors cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><strong><br \/>\n&#8216;Bright Colors&#8217;\u00a0track list:<\/strong><br \/>\n1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/joyfulnoiserecordings.us4.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=0ea13401c4c64990bafde608b&amp;id=f7cc0d4480&amp;e=8ff842935a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calm Punk<\/a><br \/>\n2.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/joyfulnoiserecordings.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0ea13401c4c64990bafde608b&amp;id=a74a750d19&amp;e=8ff842935a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In My Mind<\/a><br \/>\n3. Stay Here<br \/>\n4. Bloomer<br \/>\n5. Some Days<br \/>\n6. Unpopular<br \/>\n7. So Strange<br \/>\n8. Haze<br \/>\n9. Living Alone<br \/>\n10. Oh Well<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bright Colors&#8217;\u00a0is currently available for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/joyfulnoiserecordings.us4.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=0ea13401c4c64990bafde608b&amp;id=bbe28ec587&amp;e=8ff842935a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pre-order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dead Stars play a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/joyfulnoiserecordings.us4.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=0ea13401c4c64990bafde608b&amp;id=f9d0e88113&amp;e=8ff842935a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>record\u00a0release show<\/u><\/a>\u00a0at Brooklyn&#8217;s Rough Trade on March 4th and will be touring down to SXSW next month &#8212; see below for a list of\u00a0upcoming shows (more dates TBA.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming live dates:<\/strong><br \/>\n3\/4: Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade (record release show)<br \/>\n3\/9:\u00a0Cleveland, OH @ Now That&#8217;s Class<br \/>\n3\/10: Columbus, OH\u00a0@ Ace Of Cups<br \/>\n3\/11: Cincinnati, OH @ Urban Artifact<br \/>\n3\/13: Fort Worth, TX @ 1912 Hemphill<br \/>\n3\/14:\u00a0Fort Worth, TX @ Lola&#8217;s on 6th<br \/>\n3\/15-3\/19: Austin, TX @ SXSW<br \/>\n3\/20: Mobile, AL @ The Blind Mule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Dead Stars&#8217; sophomore LP,\u00a0&#8216;Bright Colors,&#8217; is due out March 4th via the band&#8217;s own Weird Tree Records, and they have shared another track from the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19807\" title=\"Dead Stars share new track &#8216;Unpopular&#8217; from upcoming album\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,25,28,30,1907],"tags":[4132,2258,4248,4133],"class_list":["post-19807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-bright-colors","tag-dead-stars","tag-unpopular","tag-weird-tree-records"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/f73babe7-b78b-4806-a5c3-276d33d613d3.jpg?fit=550%2C361","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-59t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19283,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19283","url_meta":{"origin":19807,"position":0},"title":"Dead Stars announce sophomore LP &#8216;Bright Colors&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Dead Stars will release their sophomore LP, 'Bright Colors,' on March 4th via their own Weird Tree Records. 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