Stars Like Fleas - The Ken Burns Effect

Feats ex / current members of Beirut, Tall Firs, TV on The Radio, Mercury Rev, Silent League, additional contributions from Trevor Dunn, Thomas Bartlett: Having been compared to such far-flung groups as Xiu Xiu, Butch Morris, Animal Collective and Talk Talk, describing Stars Like Fleas is not a chore for the imagination-challenged: Pitchfork called Sun Lights Down On The Fence an uninhibited, "precognitive glimpse into the workings of the subconscious mindu201D;; fellow Brooklynites Grizzly Bear called their live show "absolutely mind blowingu201D; in a Dusted Magazine interview, and Salon.com said "few bands have the resolve to push their music as far toward formlessness, as well as the skill and concentration to coax that formlessness into something listenable, coherent and beautiful - brilliantu201D;. Journalist Julianne Shepherd (Spin, XLR8R, Pitchfork) called Stars Like Fleas "possibly the best band i have seen in New Yorku201D;; "quietly majesticu201D;, said the Village Voice describing an electricity-free acoustic show in the Catskill Mountains. The Ken Burns Effect, a document of the band’s growth over the past year, is an iconoclastic but more immediate, organic and lush album than its predecessors Sun Lights Down On The Fence, and Took The Ass For A Drive. When Fleas-fan, the composer Nico Muhly (arranger to Björk, Grizzly Bear, and Antony & The Jonsons) helped pass along early recordings drafts from The Ken Burns Effect to Björk producer/collaborator Valgeir Sigurðsson, the band were invited to Iceland to complete the record with him.

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