Quick, Before It Melts.

Did I ever tell you the story of how I first came to hear Stars? It was back about four years now, and my interest in music had hit a bit of a dry patch. I was stunted, you might say; locked in a dance with the past and not holding much interest in the future. I was listening pretty much exclusively to favourite albums of the past, and not finding a lot of new stuff that excited me. And for anyone that knows me, and knows me well, that's saying quite a bit about my state of mind at the time. It was starting to feel like time and space were catching up to me--I was getting older, and felt like I couldn't connect to anything new, as if I was permanently locked in a time capsule where it was always going to be 2003.

That's when my dear friend Krista tossed my a life saver; it was round and had a hole in the middle, and shiny and encoded with digital music. It was called Heart and it was by Stars. And at first I didn't want to know, and I resisted listening, and then I didn't want to believe that what I was hearing was real. But I couldn't stop listening, and I couldn't help but fall in love with the music, and the I couldn't help falling in love with music in general all over again. Music had heart again, you might say, and I wanted more more more. I went looking for more and I found all sorts; and I'm still looking to this day. And I'm listening and I'm loving. And to Krista, I'm ever grateful.

So this is for her, and this is for you, and this is because Stars are up for the Polaris Music Prize this year for last year's In Our Bedroom After The War. And I'm sure you'll agree, that this is pretty bitchin':

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