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| Clouded Staircase | 
 enlarge | Artist: Starling Electric
Label: Bar None Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 7244
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 192
UPC: 032862019227
EAN: 0032862019227
ASIN: B001B92EUI
Release Date: August 19, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | The St. Valentines Day Massacre | | • | Clouded Staircase, Pt. 1 | | • | Camp-Fire | | • | Black Ghost/Black Girl | | • | I Got Scared | | • | Clouded Staircase, Pt. 2 | | • | A Snowflake | | • | Prince of the Puff of Smoke | | • | Lions | | • | New Era | | • | All Through the Fall | | • | To Flunker with Love | | • | Two Dreams/Flower Peddler (Theme) | | • | Death to Bad Dreams/The Black Parade | | • | She Goes Through Phases | | • | British Boots | | • | Clouded Staircase, Pt. 3 | | • | Dust Chord |
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Product Description
The debut by Ann Arbor, MI's Starling Electric is a melting pot of 60s and 70s influences - the melodic harmonies of the Beach Boys, Zombies, and Byrds; the prog and art-rock of Yes, 10cc, Genesis, and Elton John; the baroque craftsmanship of The Left Banke and Love; and the pomposity and swagger of The Who, Queen, and ELO. They've shared stages with Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), The Hidden Cameras, Evan Dando, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Canada, and more.
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| Customer Reviews:
Reminiscent of The Beach Boys' Smile September 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When you first listen to this album you will notice that these guys are big fans of all of the groups that matter from the latter half of the 60's.
If you appreciate lush music full of Brian Wilson-esque touches then you will love this album. Clouded Staircase is one long song cycle whose music goes in many directions but always seems to return to the theme tune "Clouded Staircase" in a manner that reminds me of how The Beach Boys return to the Bicycle Rider theme throughout their masterpiece, Smile.
A few standout tracks are Camp-Fire (a haunting ballad), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (which opens the album with one killer riff and would be a sure-fire hit if the radio ever played good music) and To Flunker with Love (featuring some magnificent drumming from one John Fossum).
While one might be quick to point out the obvious influences such as The Beach Boys, Guided By Voices, Bee Gees, and The Zombies I think I detect subtle influences of Escape From the Planet of the Apes, the early Friday the 13th sequels and dare I say maybe even a little Superman II...
This record makes me extremely excited about the potential of Starling Electric. The only question I'm left with after listening to this masterpiece is, how are they going to follow it up?
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