{"id":33195,"date":"2020-01-15T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33195"},"modified":"2020-01-11T09:23:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T14:23:11","slug":"dead-stars-announce-new-lp-never-not-here-share-first-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33195","title":{"rendered":"Dead Stars announce new LP \u2018Never Not Here\u2019 + share first single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brooklyn&#8217;s Dead Stars have announced their\u00a0new album,\u00a0\u2018Never Not Here,\u2019 will be out\u00a0on February 21st.\u00a0Along with the announcement, they\u2019ve shared the lead single <em>Dreams Don&#8217;t Come True<\/em>. You can stream the single via SoundCloud below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dreams Don&#039;t Come True by Dead Stars\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F737910886&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having spent\u00a0nearly a decade\u00a0crafting jangly, fuzzed-out indie-pop with a healthy dose of &#8217;90s nostalgia, Dead Stars took a break following\u00a02017&#8217;s\u00a0\u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/dead-stars-announces-new-lp-stream-pink-clouds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Perfect Patterns (opens in a new tab)\">Perfect Patterns<\/a>,\u2019 unsure if they&#8217;d release\u00a0another album. They quietly worked on new material throughout 2019, and the\u00a0result is a collection of twelve tracks that the band views as\u00a0their strongest, most honest\u00a0work to date, pairing their signature sound with simple but memorable melodies and relatable lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BEEF1B69-16D8-433C-8966-99DB9A9C9C0A.jpeg?resize=700%2C700\" alt=\"Dead Stars Never Not Here cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-33196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BEEF1B69-16D8-433C-8966-99DB9A9C9C0A.jpeg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BEEF1B69-16D8-433C-8966-99DB9A9C9C0A.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BEEF1B69-16D8-433C-8966-99DB9A9C9C0A.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Track listing<\/strong><br> 1. Dreams Don&#8217;t Come True <br>2. Hold My Breath <br>3. Cool Summer <br>4. Every Someday<br>5. February\u00a0Ghost<br>6. Always Down<br>7. Wake Up<br>8. Story Of Your Life<br>9. Drone On<br>10. Would It Be So Bad<br>11. Missing Things<br>12. Starve<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Never Not Here\u2018\u00a0is available for pre-order now via\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/highvoltagepr.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8bbd1fce629615658f82df5cd&amp;id=a577aafe8c&amp;e=b0da5a889f\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brooklyn&#8217;s Dead Stars have announced their\u00a0new album,\u00a0\u2018Never Not Here,\u2019 will be out\u00a0on February 21st.\u00a0Along with the announcement, they\u2019ve shared the lead single Dreams Don&#8217;t Come <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33195\" title=\"Dead Stars announce new LP \u2018Never Not Here\u2019 + share first single\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33197,"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":"On Culture Addicts: Dead Stars announce new LP \u2018Never Not Here\u2019 + share first single","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":[22,23,28,30],"tags":[2258,8819,8818],"class_list":["post-33195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-dead-stars","tag-dreams-dont-come-true","tag-never-not-here"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/9D3EEE4C-B685-4389-B0A2-E2DCA64F7A43.jpeg?fit=1200%2C792","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8Dp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26580,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26580","url_meta":{"origin":33195,"position":0},"title":"Dead Stars share new single &#8216;Smarter&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Dead Stars will release their new LP, 'Perfect Patterns', on September 1st. 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