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Certain Stars has been called rock 'n' roll, melodic powerpop, slack, indie rock.

2012 News

Certain Stars is proud to announce the arrival of The Great Destroyer- their second full-length CD (and third CD, overall.) This 11-song CD, on Cuba Libre Records, clocks in just under 38 minutes, but is a major step forward for the band. Still writing powerpop songs laden with melodic hooks, The Great Destroyer finds the band rocking as hard as they did on their last CD release, 2007's Wired for Sound (EP). Recorded and mixed over a period of two years at Milwaukee's HOWL Street Studios, the band has layered piano, trumpet, mandolin, bowed cymbals, sleigh bells, glockenspiel, acoustic guitar, and studio magic, to make their most mature-sounding album.

Already known for a driving rock sound, The Great Destroyer finds Certain Stars hitting their stride on songs such as "Cake and Eat It Too Girls", "Right On", and "Haunt Your House". But songs such as "Of Metal", and the beer-soaked country anthem "Dirty Girl", also find the band hitting a groove at down tempos.

Certain Stars has hit its rock 'n' roll stride on The Great Destroyer, and fans of Power Pop, Garage Rock, and straight up Rock 'n' Roll should love The Great Destroyer!

Certain Stars will celebrate the release of The Great Destroyer throughout the Midwest, by playing at the International Pop Overthrow festival in Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee in April and May, 2012. The CD will be available at those performances, and from CDBaby.com; with MP3s being available on iTunes, Amazon.com and other online retailers.

Artist: Certain Stars
Album title: The Great Destroyer
11-song full-length CD and MP3 release, April, 2012
Cuba Libre Records (cl-003)
All songs copyright, Certain Stars, 2012

What they're saying about 2011's 7" vinyl single pre-release of the song "The Great Destroyer" b/w "Too Drunk to Dream" (Magnetic Fields):

The Shepherd Express says: "The Great Destroyer soaks in piss-and-vinegar vengeance as it manages a Big Star reference and a couple of sparkly hooks that would do Pavement proud . The Magnetic Fields remake on the B-side finds Certain Stars approximating the fun rage of Cracker, and that's not a bad thing."

Here's what the Onion's AV Club had to say about the single: "If this is a sneak peek of what’s in store for Certain Stars’ next full-length, the group is headed in the right direction."

We still have copies of "The Great Destroyer" b/w "Too Drunk to Dream" on 7" vinyl for sale at our shows. Buy in limited addition screen-printed, hand-numbered. (with a card for FREE download included w/your vinyl purchase).

If you want the MP3 Download only of both songs, visit our Amazon.com store.

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And if you don't have the Wired for Sound EP...

Download MP3 version at Payplay.fm

Also available on iTunes!

Here is what they're saying about "Wired for Sound:"

"...something tells me these Wisconsin hopefuls have the potential to open up that proverbial can of kick-ass".
The Big Takeover, Spring 2008

"This is a great rock CD with good songs, period. Certain Stars excel by not taking themselves too seriously while still being able to rock out . . . just good songs, unique personality, and an overall fun CD."
The Songcast

"Certain Stars has made an album I can throw on in my car and just rock out to. It’s melodic pop in the vain of Big Star - very high energy, very simple, very driving and upbeat. It’s packed to the brim with crunchy guitars and chugging bass lines designed to get you dancing at a bar, or while cruising down the highway in June."
Matt Cohen- Delusions of Adequacy

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