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20 years of setting ourselves on fire. loathed by the establishment, hated by the underground.

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@youarestars
Stars
2 years
we had 406,000 unique listeners on spotify last month. we cannot afford to pay ourselves a wage anymore. happy wrapped, everybody.
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3 years
if you believe in this kind of thing, please send positive, healing thoughts to our band today. we really need them. thank you. love you. stay safe.
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2 years
tomorrow is the day! after almost five years, we are releasing new music tomorrow. it really does mean the world that you care. and it really would mean the galaxy if you would spread the news in every possible way you can. it's noisy out there. help us rise above the din. we ♥️u
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7 years
don't just listen to sad songs when you feel alone. pick up a phone and call someone. because you are loved. and we all need you. xo stars
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7 years
UPDATE: our 8th album is......COMPLETED.
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3 years
Guys I just accidentally listened to 20 year old stars music and I don’t want to be an asshole but we’re like, so good. K goodnight.
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2 years
UPDATE: new music coming in 8 days. and then more. and then more. and then more. please break whatever hearts need breaking and get ready. the summer of Stars is on its way.
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@youarestars
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3 years
when covid hit, every performing artist in the world voluntarily stopped working. our industry has been decimated, and it's never coming back the way it was. so why, whenever ending fossil fuels comes up do we hear "but think of the jobs lost!"
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Emily was in Stars for a week in 1998. And despite that, she has gone on to succeed in the music industry. happy birthday to a hero, an ally, a rockstar, and a truly beloved friend. Our pal, the legend, Haines.
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50 is a wild number and I was so scared of being it but not anymore.
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3 years
stars had over 110 million streams on various streaming platforms last year. we are currently unable to pay ourselves a wage. does that sound right to you?
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3 years
album update: how it started- maybe we'll never see each other again, this world is lonely, let's write sad songs. how it's going- it's so fucking awesome to be together, nothing can kill us, let's play music you can levitate to. this is going to be a very, very good one.
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2 years
we are putting a record out this year and if you guys want to really fuck with the algorithm, you will presave the hell out of it and buy it five times and send it to number one first week out. get your clicking fingers ready. with your help, this is the year we go to number one!
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3 years
maybe you wonder why this account retweets so much stuff about vaccines. we're a band, after all... but our entire future as a band depends on people getting vaccinated. the future of live art depends on it. so yeah, we care about you getting vaccinated! please do! we love you xo
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2 years
since our album came out about 10 days ago, it has been streamed about 300,000 times on spotify. what will me make off that? about 900 dollars. split six ways. minus taxes and management fees. enjoy!
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3 years
we love all of you, even if you have different views than us. but you guys...if pretty much everyone doesn't get vaccinated, you can forget about shows. for real. our industry is on the brink. we need to be able to offer a safe environment for our customers.
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Stars
3 years
take the weakest thing in you and beat the bastards with it.
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3 months
take the weakest thing in you and beat the bastards with it, and always hold on when you get love so you can let go when you give it. have a nice holiday, everyone. we love you. xo stars
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@youarestars
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7 years
june 16th. mark that day. make sure there's a little room in your heart for a sad song or two. we're almost back...see you soon....xo STARS
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3 years
can't remember if we told you already but this fall, we are re-issuing our first album "nightsongs" and our first two ep's as a double album! so don't buy that shit for 400 dollars on discogs! we got you! more info to come. xo
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3 years
OH MY GOD WE ARE PLAYING A SHOW TONIGHT
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@youarestars
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2 years
about ten years ago we played the spotify office for some session and i started the show by telling them they were fucking us and they were the boogeyman of the music industry and then we stole every bag of chips in their cafeteria and left, and we all had a wonderful day.
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2 years
ok you guys, 🚨🚨🚨 or whatever: after an 18 year pause, radio stations seem to be playing one of our songs. this is probably some sort of glitch, but in case it isn't, PLEASE call your local alternative station and request "pretenders"! help stars fuck the algorithm in 2022! xo
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2 years
every time we put music out now, it could be the last time. so we promise that this year, we are going to play the best shows of our lives for you, and put out the most beautiful music we can possibly make. please support us by pre-saving our music and buying tix for shows!
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@youarestars
Stars
3 years
today, we begin recording our 9th studio album. the music industry has tried incredibly hard, but failed to kill us. thanks for saving our life sweet listeners! and join our patreon so we can continue to annoy the music industry by existing.
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3 years
YOU GUYS.... we just booked some shows.....🐞🌟💫✨🌈🍻🎤🥁🎸🪕🚀
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2 years
My mini French Horn version of ‘Soil Song’ #SaveSoil Wow!! A 26 country motorcycle journey by Sadhguru to raise awareness for soil begins today. Our thoughts are with you! @SadhguruJV @cpsavesoil
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3 years
thank you all you beautiful people for sending your good thoughts and energy. covid has hit our band, but amy and evan are tough cookies and will be fine! your kindness and good wishes are meaning the world to them. thank you for thinking good thoughts. let's all keep doing it!
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3 years
if you believe in this kind of thing, please send positive, healing thoughts to our band today. we really need them. thank you. love you. stay safe.
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we get a loooooot of mail asking us to play various places, so just so you know: the industry decided to kill us about ten years ago. we don't get offers. we don't get festivals. we don't get airplay. it's just us and you. so if you want us in your town, bug your local promoters!
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don't forget us. we haven't forgotten you.
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2 years
to all the musicians out there, we love you all so much comrades. we just played shows and can tell you: they are still out there. they are still beautiful. they will wait for you. nothing will dim the light of music. keep the faith. you are doing something that matters so much.
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@youarestars
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sinead o'connor was a brilliant artist, and a true punk. listen to her amazing records and remember how she spoke truth to power, and then do the same, in her name.
@IrishTimes
The Irish Times
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Sinead O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56
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i don't believe people ever change, but i've changed.
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ANNOUNCING THE SYOF 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR patreon pre-sale starts tomorrow, general on-sale friday patreon.comyouarestars for general tickets
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2 years
there aren't a lot of records coming out this week. it's a rare quiet one. but ours is! and if every single one of you pre-saves, downloads, buys, streams, whatever...you will change our lives. for real. so please do! make our name no longer ironic! make stars STARS.
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2 years
Everyone knows who the best live band in the country are and have been for decades. it's @TheSadies . The loss of Dallas is like the guts and heart being torn out of Canadian music. We send so much love to his family and bandmates. please listen to The Sadies. please toast Dallas.
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7 years
UPDATE: AMY AND EVAN HAD A BABEEEEE!!!! HIS NAME IS BO AND WE LOVE HIM AND EVERYONE IS DOING GREAT! also, we are still making sad songs. xo
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sometimes you can take stuff for granted, but the fact that us and @metric , our best friends, our family, after 22 years, are still making music and releasing it to the world at the same time...our wildest dreams really did come true. we love you, metric. thanks for inspiring us.
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2 years
in the end, it wasn't the disease that was the danger to artists; it was the way in which capitalism would exploit the disease to tighten the screws on everyone except the rich in order to choke out anything not inside the corporate/media oligarchy. nice trick.
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ANNOUNCING THE SYOF 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR patreon pre-sale starts tomorrow, general on-sale friday patreon.comyouarestars for general tickets
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2 years
we have another new single coming in 10 days and it's sadder and catchier and heart-stabbier and just actually better than your ex-lover is dead so prepare yourselves and make it number one or we'll find you. xo #fromcapeltonhill
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Be an earth buddy Dedicate your heart for 10 minutes a day. Your voice will help the message reachout to so many people. Lets make this government policy for the kids. #SaveSoil @cpsavesoil
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just to keep you updated, no one has left Stars. cuz the only way you could do it is in a body bag.
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please, if you can, spend some money on art today. our entire industry is shut down again, and this time with no government support of any kind. if you are earning a salary from home, be a good community member and spread some of that money around, please. love to all of you.
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3 years
update: we love you. one day, we are going to play packed sweaty, joyful shows for you because it's what we do for our living, and because it's normal human behaviour and nothing will ever change that. there is nothing normal about a world without gatherings. there never will be.
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respect to h and m for ripping off a band no one even gives a shit about. same. fucking. font. please send us money, @hmcanada . you have so much of it.
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new stars songs are fucking amazing you should listen to them.
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feels like a good day to send our love and support to all the trans folks out there, especially teens. you are so beautiful, you are so strong, you are not alone, and we will beat these bastards back into the past where they belong. feel our love! cuz we love you. xoxoxoxo
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can't believe we live in a time where this must be said, but: racists are not welcome at stars shows. not now. not ever. please stay away.
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3 years
if those of you in canada want to have a cultural sector in this country, you need to start making some noise. seriously. we have been completely abandoned by government at the provincial and federal level. and very few people seem to care. time to look for other work, i guess.
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7 years
UPDATE: you won't have to wait too much longer to hear new music. we are still working because we want this to be music that sticks around.
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8 years
update: we are starting our 8th album in three weeks. working with some amazing people on it. more covers coming up. more music. more life.
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you guys: we cracked the top ten in canada! first time in a long time. thank you all so much for getting us to number 6!!! and #2 on the alternative chart!!! keep spreading the word, keep requesting our music on your favourite radio station, keep listening. we love you. xo
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3 years
if you want bands in this country to continue to be a thing, you have to buy tickets to shows, people. if you're vaccinated, you have to go and support music and have fun. you can't wait for other people to do it. you have to. please buy tickets for live shows, canada. please.
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2 years
after 2 years of holding on and hammering away, we have finished our new album. out next spring on @LastGangEnt . here is a gif to explain how we feel about it. if you want to hear tracks form it right now, go to and join for 5 only dollars.
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7 years
update:new album sounds like autumn leaves slowly falling into a pond covered in a thin sheet of ice. can't wait to watch them fall with you
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nothing happens for a long time and then everything happens at once and it will be like that with us this year so keep checking in because we will have some big news for you all soon. and make sure you have your dancing shoes handy. #twentyyearsasleep
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8 years
tomorrow Stars starts recording on our 8th album. and it's thanks to people like you that we can say that. so thanks.
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7 years
quick note to the trolls: we're announcing extreme vetting for nazis,racists and misogynists at our shows. so don't come. you arent welcome.
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2 years
here's a message from chris that he did for the Conscious Planet Organization to raise awareness about the soil crisis and how we can help #SaveSoil more info here:
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in case you missed it, we are going on tour to play you the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life.
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ANNOUNCING THE SYOF 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR patreon pre-sale starts tomorrow, general on-sale friday patreon.comyouarestars for general tickets
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@OggyOggyOi gas is double, rooms are double, visas are double, everyone got a raise except us, we earned nothing. not one penny. everyone is out on the road, we are a 6 piece band who brings production every time no matter what. we just weren't made for these times, sadly. but its been♥️xo
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prince nelson and david bowie represent the essence of what it means to be an artist. wherever and whoever you are, keep their spirit alive.
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stars manage ourselves. we have for years. whatever we do, we do at 100% of our own risk. that's the way we want it. it's just you and us. the way it should be. if you want to reach us we're at starsbandmanagement @gmail .com. we love you. for real. xo
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too long, too expensive, too dopey, but still better than most. happy birthday, ya big lug.
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MAGNET Magazine
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15 years ago today, #Stars released “In Our Bedroom After The War” ( @artsandcrafts ). Take us to the riot, and let us stay. Read our @youarestars Q&A:
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we are back, fuckers.
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2 years
✨PRETENDERS & SNOWY OWL - OUT NOW✨ listen to the singles & pre-order 'from capelton hill' below, including special coloured vinyl options with @Patreon exclusives
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2 years
we have some pretty massive tour announcements coming tomorrow
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8 years
UPDATE: we are writing songs to break your heart and help you do the dishes. stand by. xoxoxo stars
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2 years
NEW SONGS TOMORROW TELL EVERYONE PLEASE.
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9 years
take the weakest thing in you, and beat the bastards with it. #peace
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1 year
just read an exit survey from someone who left and the reason they gave for leaving was that they had discovered us when they were with their ex and now they can't listen anymore. respect, super stars-y reason. but, buddy: your ex-lover is DEAD.
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we are sending love to you. thank you for listening to our band. tell us where you are, how you are, and what you're hoping for. xo stars
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2 years
we need YOU. we don't have support from the industry, from the press, from the machine. we need YOU. please share our music as much as you can. we love you. thanks, always.
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whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever makes you happy, or angry or sad- we just hope you're having moments of joy; when you're free of fear; when you let yourself feel alive. that's what we hope for you. whoever you are, out there.
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7 years
today is what we wrote those sad songs for. happy valentines day to those who would rather be alone than love someone who doesn't love them.
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7 years
RT if you listen to Stars when you feel alone.
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2 years
hi east coast canada/prairies/ontario! we would love to play your summer festivals but none of the promoters seem to want us there. tell your local festival yu want Stars!
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2 years
wait til you hear the rest of the album....
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1 year
What a ride. What love. What life is this? Thank you. You’re welcome. This is the best of all of us.
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✨PRETENDERS & SNOWY OWL - OUT NOW✨ listen to the singles & pre-order 'from capelton hill' below, including special coloured vinyl options with @Patreon exclusives
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spent the day thinking about Dallas and the breathtaking bad assery of @TheSadies , and the class and generosity they have always embodied every time we encountered them. and praying that ghosts are real and he is with Gord right now, making the music of the spheres.
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that look: she's listening. she's sceptical, but open. she is looking for an excuse to laugh. she is waiting for something true. she is an artist, a friend, a rock star, a mother. we hope our beautiful Amy and all the musician mums out there, have an incredibly happy one.
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we put some music out in may. the record's called "from capelton hill". please listen to it if you get a minute. thanks.
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get vaccinated cuz you love music. get vaccinated cuz you love friends. get vaccinated cuz you love your family. get vaccinated cuz you love partying. get vaccinated cuz you love yourself. get vaccinated cuz you love life. do it for love. we love you. xo
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7 years
Our next record is full of so many sad sad songs about love it's kind of too bad we can't put it out now!
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folks don't get how much harder it is to be a new band than it was even ten years ago. to all those young artists in vans, trying to avoid covid and make a living, trying to get heard over the endless noise: we love and salute you for keeping the spirit alive. SUPPORT NEW MUSIC!
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and if our belief in compassion and equality and peace make you angry or scornful: we don't care. go away. we never want to see you again.
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so...what are your thoughts about our record?
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7 years
writing music for the resistance. keep your head up. we love you.
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it's just jocks and nerds now, running the game. please remember the stoners. we have a lot to contribute.
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bowie. do not rest in peace. rise and come back to us. you were from somewhere else. on your way to somewhere else. don't leave us behind.
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we ended our careers to fight an existential threat against all of us. why shouldn't those in the oil and gas industry be asked to do the same? why are we expendable but fracking engineers aren't? anyone?
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and if your answer is "because oil is necessary to every aspect of our society" try living in a world with no more music or art or theatre or family celebrations or intimacy; where children never see each others faces; and then see if the car you drive is any comfort. end.
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2 years
buy our record! we love playing music! and to all the haters: love you, fuckers!
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apparently instagram and facebook are down, stars broke the internet again
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2 years
you might have noticed that a lot of great music is coming out right now. we have 2 new songs coming this week. if even 10% of you tell your friends about it or post it somewhere, it will mean the difference between our work being heard and disappearing in the noise. DO IT WE♥️U.
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7 years
update: first round of recording done. like a fresh breeze. big live announcement in the coming days. keep your friends close. see you soon.
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enough. if we can kill art and culture and nightlife and restaurants and travel and being together to fight a pathogen, then i guess we need to kill the oil industry to fight climate change. and the consequences to people's lives and livelihoods? please, tell me about it...
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3 years
Update: jammed for the first time in 16 months. Still better than oasis.
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Stars
3 years
today, we begin recording our 9th studio album. the music industry has tried incredibly hard, but failed to kill us. thanks for saving our life sweet listeners! and join our patreon so we can continue to annoy the music industry by existing.
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the kids are getting back together.
@bssmusic
Broken Social Scene
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Celebrating 20 years. You never know what show you're going to get. Broken Social Scene Live at @masseyhall December 16, 2021 Tickets on sale Monday, June 21st at noon:
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