After seeing Crystal Fighters perform at Electric Picnic and simultaneously loving and hating them at once, I didn’t know what the expect from this album. Turns out Star of Love, is pretty much the same thing, except leaning more towards the love perhaps. It’s still a bewildering mix of music; from psychedelia to dubstep to dance to wonky electronica, to Balearic ballads. It’s a mess but it’s an entertaining one.
Tracklisting
1. Solar System
2. Xtatic Truth
3. I Do This Everyday
4. Champion Sound (Alt. Version)
5. Plage
6. In The Summer
7. At Home
8. I Love London
9. Swallow
10. With You
11. Follow
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
