And Yet Another Review (Rolling Stone)

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Stellastarr became New York hipster darlings a couple of summers ago with "My Coco," a five-minute blast of New Wave guitar tremors featuring the vocal yelps of guitarist Shawn Christensen and bassist Amanda Tannen. With other pop gems such as "Pulp Song" and "Jenny," Stellastarr promised greatness, which they fully deliver on their second album, Harmonies for the Haunted. Stellastarr sound playful but passionate, flashing their Eighties go-feet beats ("Damn This Foolish Heart") alongside moody, Cure-style ballads. Christensen sings in a stentorian bass, skipping up into a falsetto that evokes David Byrne getting strapped down on a bed of extremely cold nails. He broods over the torments of love in "On My Own," but the hit has to be the Pixies-ish "Sweet Troubled Soul," where he purrs, "I want to see your face/In the reflection of my bedroom stereo." It's a killer song from a killer band.

ROB SHEFFIELD
Rolling Stone rated it at 3.5/5
Users rated it at 2.5/5
I rate it at 52/5

Personally, I like this review the best. They did them justice I think.

yeah, this one's been around for a while. i think it's pretty fair

Isnt that a user review from Rolling Stone.. not the actual Rolling Stone reviewer?

No idea, but I like it.
P.S. I think the NME review is by a user too. No reviewer would write something so idiotic and blatently obvious (they would try and mask their stupidity, I mean).

I dont.

I hope the band don't.

Naturally it is a matter of taste, isn't it?

I'm pretty sure this is a user review, as at the bottom it says "Rolling Stone rated it 3.5/5"

Rolling Stone rated it 3.5/5 = 7/10

Fuck you NME

J xx

That is from the magazine. Rob Sheffield, a longtime supporter of the band and an amazing writer, wrote it.

Maybe a review forum inside the stellastarr* forum... Ah... I can feel the backlash coming now...
*ducks behind a reasonalby large cd case and hopes no one notices She*