{"id":130,"date":"2014-12-26T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/kxt2014\/?p=130"},"modified":"2014-12-31T18:17:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T18:17:03","slug":"no-one-is-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/kxt2014\/no-one-is-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"No One is Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a few tracks from <em>No One is Lost<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dr5VE3ogdl8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1C5I5kHrNqg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/10\/05\/352735184\/first-listen-stars-no-one-is-lost\" target=\"_blank\">From NPR Music by Stephen Thompson<\/a>:<br \/>Whether playing string-infused melancholia or insistent dance-floor fodder, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/artists\/14961857\/stars\">Stars<\/a>&#8216; members infuse their songs with the weariness and wisdom of someone who understands the realities behind our worst fears. Knowledge of death and disappointment and war lies barely concealed beneath even the most effervescent exterior of a Stars song.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there&#8217;s brightness \u2014 even cheer \u2014 to <em>No One Is Lost<\/em>, the Montreal band&#8217;s seventh album. Stars recorded it within earshot of a since-closed discotheque, and it shows: Singers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/search\/index.php?searchinput=amy+millan+skinny+boy&#038;dateId=0&#038;programId=0\">Amy Millan<\/a> and Torquil Campbell are both uniquely skilled at interrogating the loneliness that can fuel even the most raucous nightlife pursuits.<\/p>\n<p>As EDM producer Porter Robinson demonstrates in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/allsongs\/2014\/08\/05\/338006118\/new-mix-foxygen-lily-madeleine-porter-robinson-more\">the lead track<\/a> on his own new album, Millan&#8217;s voice can be deployed in the service of instant gravitas and gloom \u2014 it&#8217;s not necessary, in that case, to understand what she&#8217;s singing, or even to have her sing discernible words. So it&#8217;s no surprise that she can serve a similar purpose throughout <em>No One Is Lost<\/em>: Millan often springs up in Stars&#8217; most shimmering songs, but her voice still lands punches squarely to the solar plexus.<\/p>\n<p>To be a Stars fan from the beginning is to have ridden out long phases and detours: springy<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/allsongs\/2012\/08\/07\/158279532\/song-premiere-stars-backlines\"> guitar-driven pop<\/a>, fatalistic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=93563053\">chamber-pop ballads<\/a>, grandiose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=17577124\">statements about love and war<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/allsongs\/2014\/08\/11\/339428704\/song-premiere-stars-from-the-night\">dance-floor fillers<\/a> with a sinewy throb to them. <em>No One Is Lost<\/em> prioritizes lightness and bittersweet uplift over the devastation strewn throughout <em>Set Yourself On Fire<\/em> or <em>In Our Bedroom After The War<\/em>. It&#8217;s the work of a band that&#8217;s plumbed life&#8217;s depths, only to find something worth living for at the bottom.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2014 NPR. 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