{"id":747,"date":"2014-01-21T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=747"},"modified":"2014-01-29T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T14:49:19","slug":"crushed-stars-farewell-young-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/crushed-stars-farewell-young-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Crushed Stars <br>Farewell Young Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Crushed_Stars-Farewell_Young_Lovers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-748\" alt=\"Crushed Stars, Farewell Young Lovers\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Crushed_Stars-Farewell_Young_Lovers.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Crushed_Stars-Farewell_Young_Lovers.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Crushed_Stars-Farewell_Young_Lovers-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>You can never put too fine a point on how environment affects how music is made and enjoyed. Pumping hot salsa seems absurd in the icy plains of Alaska, while Leonard Cohen seems wildly inappropriate for a day at the beach. With that in mind it seems fitting these January days to seek out records in tune with the polar vortex. Luckily, whether by design or chance, Dallas\u2019 Crushed Stars have answered the call with its sixth record, <i>Farewell Young Lovers<\/i> (Simulacra Records)<i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Crushed Stars seem to be a bit of an anomaly as a Texas-based, shoegaze-leaning band, but as the saying goes, \u201cIt\u2019s not where you\u2019re from, it\u2019s where you\u2019re at.\u201d And where the two-piece Crushed Stars\u2014singer and multi-instrumentalist Todd Gautreau and drummer Jeff Ryan\u2014are at seems to be permanent twilight and 32 degrees. There is more than\u00a0 a little British feel to the band so perhaps they\u2019re students of the classic 4AD period. The album certainly doesn\u2019t read Dallas, but the influences don\u2019t seem labored either. It\u2019s like Crushed Stars exist in their own bubble.<\/p>\n<p>Historically speaking, Crushed Stars have tended to be a mellow hang, but <i>Farewell Young Lovers<\/i> adds some wrinkles to the status quo. Opener \u201cFlowerbomb\u201d and mid-album track \u201cHaters\u201d puts some whiskey into the earl grey to channel mid-90s Jesus &amp; Mary Chain by way of Sebadoh. The two songs are the odd men out, but the way the record is sequenced allows them to make sense. There\u2019s a logical rise and fall that keeps the transition from rocking to sedate to near ambient and back again not be jarring. There is also some very smart mixing of traditional instrumentation and electronic elements. Musically speaking, it\u2019s very well tailored.<\/p>\n<p>Lyrically, <i>Farewell Young Lovers<\/i> lives up to the implied promise of the title, with small snapshots of relationships in various states of disarray and a balance of hopefulness and hopelessness consistently maintained. It\u2019s like a break-up record for someone who doesn\u2019t want to break up. It\u2019s a neat trick in that the characters seem more resigned than sad, looking back with a bit more perspective. It&#8217;s that little tweak that keeps the record from being an emo, navel-gazing bummer. Crushed Stars have pulled together various elements in a very elegant, thoughtful, and satisfying way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can never put too fine a point on how environment affects how music is made and enjoyed. 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