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Since the start, this "band" has always been a collection of four artists who met while studying at the Pratt Institute of the Arts, and came together to form this music project they call stellastarr*. After the release of two highly acclaimed albums that took them around the world and back, the band longed to return to their everyday lives and pursue other artistic endeavors - Shawn splitting his time between LA and NY, painting and penning screenplays, Mandy doing graphic design at various fashion magazines, Arthur working as a freelance creative director, and Michael scoring indie short films, and playing live: either with solo songs or sitting in with various fellow bands.
The step back was a deliberate one. The band wanted to make an album their way... the only way they knew: by experimenting, playing with songs, recording on their own in their rehearsal space; each one doing their own thing on a daily basis and then coming together at night to bring each one's ideas and lives into the project. This was a return to their roots with the intent of making music for music's sake. Almost four years since the release of their last album, the band's third album, "Civilized," appeared in stores on July 7, 2009, catapulting stellastarr* back into the spotlight and reminding the world why they received so much critical acclaim in the first place.
"Civilized" has emerged from this lengthy series of evolutions a better, more thoughtful creation, harkening back to stellastarr*s debut with its raw, charged aesthetic and a sense of each track's unique mood and tone, while also taking steps forward with a spirit of experimentation that keeps everything fun. |
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