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The Stars Burn Out by David Singer & The Sweet Science
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fave it Modern Rock | Beatles-pop
10 tracks | 36 minutes
Released Jun 2004
on EngineStudios
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:50 Social Studies lyrics BUY MP3 03:50 Social Studies lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:50 Social Studies
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 When The Spring Is Finally Here lyrics BUY MP3 03:38 When The Spring Is Finally Here lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 When The Spring Is Finally Here
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:20 Is There Anyone Out There? lyrics BUY MP3 03:20 Is There Anyone Out There? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:20 Is There Anyone Out There?
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:29 Thanks For Nothing lyrics BUY MP3 04:29 Thanks For Nothing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:29 Thanks For Nothing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:30 A Theory On What Happens When You Die lyrics BUY MP3 01:30 A Theory On What Happens When You Die lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:30 A Theory On What Happens When You Die
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:55 They Called Her Styrene lyrics BUY MP3 01:55 They Called Her Styrene lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:55 They Called Her Styrene
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:27 Bad Babysitter lyrics BUY MP3 03:27 Bad Babysitter lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:27 Bad Babysitter
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:09 Will You Be Waiting There For Me? lyrics BUY MP3 05:09 Will You Be Waiting There For Me? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:09 Will You Be Waiting There For Me?
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:54 The Rules Of The Game lyrics BUY MP3 03:54 The Rules Of The Game lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:54 The Rules Of The Game
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:10 Can I See You Tonight? lyrics BUY MP3 05:10 Can I See You Tonight? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:10 Can I See You Tonight?
"The lyrical eye of a poetic but funny novelist and the musical chops and range of a great Tin Pan Alley tunesmith who's taken way too many psychedelic drugs." - Jim DeRogatis, pop music critic, Chicago Sun-Times
Editorial review
Give full credit to David Singer. He's managed to make a very short album -- it clocks in under 37 minutes -- sound like something much longer. It's all in the meat of the songs and performances, and there's plenty to sink your teeth into here. From the plaintive "Social Studies" on, he draws listeners into his world with quirky observations like "And isn't it easier to get through days at work and not complain picturing tollbooth operators glassy-eyed and making change?" But he marries his words to some excellent melodies. His Beatlesque influences are still intact, refracted through more influences than ever: e.g., the new wave of "A Theory on What Happens When You Die" (almost an homage to early Elvis Costello), the faux bar blues-jazz of "Bad Babysitter," and "The Rules of the Game," which doesn't pretend to be anything but American rock. There are plenty of hooks everywhere, and choruses that sink into your brain and refuse to go away. Musically, there's much more guitar emphasis than on his previous releases, although he does end with the piano-led ballad "Can I See You Tonight?" Singer has grown into an artist of real stature, and his rise to world domination can only be a matter of time now. ~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Some records stay with you a short time. Others last a month, maybe a summer. But every once in a while, you hear a record that sounds like it was recorded for you personally, with melodies that sound wondrous and yet familiar and lyrics that remind you of the things you have always understood but never knew how to explain.
The Stars Burn Out, the newest and best record from David Singer and The Sweet Science, is one of those.
Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Califone) and David Singer at Engine Studios in Chicago, The Stars Burn Out is a tour-de-force of pop songwriting, echoing Elvis Costello, Randy Newman and Brian Eno with a modern sensibility that transcends its influences. It is a funny and candid look at sexual politics, human behaviour and social Darwinism, at once the soundtrack and the antidote to life in our times.
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