...you have to set yourself on fire...
Thus starts Stars' CD from last year, "Set Yourself On Fire". The line is taken from the song "Your Ex-Lover is Dead", which contains another line that always floor me when I hear it: "This scar is a fleck on my porcelain skin". It must be the haunting quality of Amy Millan's (guitarist and singer) delivery. There are a number of outstanding songs in the CD such as "The Big Fight", an interplay between lead singer Torquil Campbell and Amy Millan recounting a breakup (something we all can relate to), "One More Night" and "Ageless Beauty". Not your average rocker, like their fellow Canadians Arcade Fire, but rather one of last year's top electro-pop bands combining synths, strumming guitars and romantic duet vocals to produce a rather eclectic sound.