Mirror/Messenger

Major Stars | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B000XJ5TR2
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,119 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Now giant size and louder than ever, Major Stars plunge further down the path of their second, larger life with Mirror/Messenger. Their new sextet record features the same triple-guitar frontline and fervid vocalizations from Sandra Barrett as did 2006’s Syntoptikon but with more songs then ever before found on a single Major Stars album (as many as two albums, in several cases). Mirror/Messenger is an assault on popular music, with considerable muscle exerted to create a jukebox-ready duck-and-shuffle - if the needle don’t get tossed out the groove, that is. From their Massachusettes aerie, Major Stars have rocked the world six albums over during the past decade. On this, their sixth album, the signature guitar union of Wayne Rogers and Kate Village (first immortalized in Crystalized Movements and later in Magic Hour) is further emboldened by Tom Leonard, whose prior tenure as Major Stars bassist ensures that he knows of what Major Stars rock. Sandra Barrett’s lead wail gives every song an unshakable foundation from which the screaming solos depart with fearless frequencies.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great psych blues rock, March 11, 2009

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Eric Dahlstrom "Earl Lee Grace" (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mirror/Messenger (Audio CD)

This record made me check there whole back catalog, but truly this album is different than the rest. Though they rely on nasty guitar solos on all of them..this one has good female vocals and a great fuzzy guitar tone and hooky songs. The music is not far removed from Mudhoney. I would say to someone wanting to check them out to start here and then sample the older stuff. The only album near this is the one right before. From the album "4" on back its male vocals and 4-5 songs on a album.