Dying To Meet You

Editorial Reviews
March 2002, MP3.com - Music Magazine
"The down-tempo beats, dreamy synths, tremolo heavy guitar and combined male and female vocals work with almost mesmerizing perfection"

About the Artist
Stars of Stage and Screen is a New York City Alternative/Shoegazer/Brit Pop duo who combine lush guitar textures, ethereal synthesizers and live strings to create a broad textural landscape of beautiful pop songs.

Album Description
"Dying to Meet You" is the first release from New York City's Stars of Stage and Screen. Fully self-produced, "Dying to Meet You" is 16 tracks (over 60 minutes of music) - and is the culmination of over a year in the recording studio.

Dying To Meet You

Average customer rating:

thank god for VAZ
I saw them at Webster hall
Strictly Bangerz
Front-heavy yet impressive
Awesome, awesome, awesome.

Dying to Meet You
Vaz
Manufacturer: Gold Standard Labora
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Lie That Matches the Furniture
Demonstrations in Micronesia
Evil Twin

ASIN: B00009ZYAQ
Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

They've Won
Blue Lip Special
Elastik-C
White World Of Death
Headless Statue
White Wall
Give Us The Creeps
I.V.
Freon Suite #2
Drive-By Swordfight
Metal Egg
Kill The Strings
A Crown In My Future
Fired Eye Quit

Album Description

Pummel-minded NYC duo Vaz, unleash their long-rumored Gold Standard Laboratories debut. Recorded over the course of two years, mostly in L.A., Dying To Meet You is a true monster of an album, packed to the gills with thunderous, unrelenting two-minute traumas to the head. Digipak. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

thank god for VAZ.......2005-06-29

At first listen or three I was a little disappointed with this record, being such a huge fan of their first, Demonstrations in Micronesia (as well as all of Hammerhead's output). So I put it away for months, knowing there would come a time when I was ready for it with fresh ears. Sure enough, I now recognize it as the slab of murderous pop genius that it is.

I love that these guys keep pushing themselves. It used to be that they pushed for sicker and sicker (and heavier) sounds to wrench out of their instruments. Demonstrations in Micronesia definitely blows anyone out of the water for sheer power and "Oof! Holy...oh Sh**!..What the hell?..Did I just hear that?" jams. This time around they seem to be experimenting wildly with new melodies (yes, melodies) and hooks. As another reviewer stated, some of this should be the pop hits on the planet perfect earth (see "Blue Lip Special"). Another thing they've worked on is the vocals, which are much more mature than in Hammerhead. Overall, not quite as full-on kick your ass as their first (though close), but still miles beyond any other mortals. I gave it a five because there is so little coming out these days that is fresh and original. Give it up for Vaz.

I saw them at Webster hall.......2004-11-08

They opened in Webster Hall with melvins as main event. They showed great respect for the melvins. There best song on this album is Elastic-C no argument. I love the fact they dont have a bassist. Anyone who likes dying to meet you go see them live if u can!

Strictly Bangerz.......2004-02-14

Man, 2 SURLY dudes making EVIL new wave music. They are totally slept on in NEW YORK, this record is great, I like to listen to it after a night of running in the FOREST in my invisibility cloak scaring FARMERS....but they are BETTER live. GO SEE THEM LIVE.

Front-heavy yet impressive.......2004-01-10

This is one of those albums that can't maintain the same momentum throught all the songs, but on the strength of the first 5 tracks, it gets a solid 4 stars. The sound here is like a post-Amrep sound (their previous incarnation, Hammerhead, was on Amphetamine Reptile Records) with a lot of twists and turns. The opening cut "They've Won" may just be the most perfect song I've heard all year. It has a dense-yet-dreamy feel, like the great band Failure. At other times ("White World Of Death") the drums speed by like snowflakes in a blizzard in front of a blinding guitar whitewash (yes - they've used overdubs). Vaz can also lope into a haunting slower mode, yet still maintain enough melody as not to be heavy for heavy's sake, which is where a lot of the bands of this genre lose me. These lads are breaking into some challenging new ground, and I'd love to see them do this live. The disc wanders off into some lo-fi clanky stuff near the end, but 80% of these songs are well-crafted and have been growing on me over time.

Awesome, awesome, awesome........2003-10-13

This 2nd release from Vaz (a project from the band Hammerhead) will never be labeled as a "sophomore slump". The chaos of these songs blazes through 30 minutes of rock so quickly you'll miss it the instant the last note is struck. The duo juggle time signatures and rhythms from one moment to the next, leaving barely enough time for them to breathe in between songs.

Tracks:

Dying to Meet You
Silver Memories
Sallow
Full On
Not the One
You're So Cool
Julie Loves Her Toys
No Fun Here
Electro
Super Blue
Million
Born to be Wild
Fool
Fade / Fail
Fill the Space
Metal Love

Album Description

"Dying to Meet You" is the first release from New York City's Stars of Stage and Screen. Fully self-produced, "Dying to Meet You" is 16 tracks (over 60 minutes of music) - and is the culmination of over a year in the recording studio.

Customer Reviews:

finally!!.......2002-05-08

Having listened online to MP3's from NYC's Stars of Stage and Screen for a couple of years now I've been waiting patiently for this release! All I can say is that it was worth the wait! This is everything i was hoping for. The songwriting is superb. While sometimes classified as shoegazer I wouldn't pigeonhole this band so easily. Yes they favour the layers of washy and tremolo-y guitars and subdued vocals but they also use sampled loops, electronic blips and orchestral strings. They aren't electronica either - and they're not Garbage, although that's a fair comparison - except that Stars of Stage and Screen's songs are sooo much better.

My only complaint (i would have taken off half a star..but there was no option so i gave 5) is that the album is LONG - i mean, it's over an hour. While this sounds like i'm complaining about too much of a good thing - (I am) i just wish i could get through the whole thing a little faster. That said, there are no filler tracks - it's just a little long! Or, maybe i've just been lulled into stupidity by those corporate bands who put out 35 minutes of candy... buy this CD regardless.

Great debut release!.......2002-05-02

Great CD. For all sound junkies out there, this disc oozes with lusciously textured guitars, lovingly tweaked vintage synths, rich sweeping strings and hazy, atmospheric vocals. These guys have moments of Radiohead, Garbage, Spiritualized, and even Pink Floyd. Definitely worth checking out. Its been in my CD player for a couple weeks now. A true music-lovers' CD.

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