In Our Bedroom After the War

As someone that's been casually listening to Stars since the time of their release of "Set Yourself on Fire", I was actually initially hesitant to purchase this album. It was a long ten minute debate (yes, ten minutes is a long time to be debating with yourself) on whether I should buy "In Our Bedroom After the War" or just go with "Heart". I don't have either, and I've actually heard some of the songs off of "Heart", where as before buying, I had never heard a full song off of IOBATW. Anyway, I took a chance and purchased this. I have to say, I'm not sorry at all. In fact, I think I've found a new album to obsess over for a few weeks!

This album is a story. It has a very, err, musical feel to it. With each song, I can picture this ongoing story with characters expressing their point of views through singing. On first listening, it's good. On second listening, it's addictive ... which leads to third and fourth listenings!

The intro song, "The Beginning After...Read more