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Rob Corradetti is something the world needs: a great writer. His songs are always charming, clever & low-key. In the past two years, he has released many of them on two CDs with his band Mixel Pixel (namely, Rainbow Panda & Contact Kid, both highly recommended by us.) But as any Mixel Pixel fan will attest, there’s clearly room for more.
So, enter The Eastern Stars. With the help of Kaia Wong (also from Mixel Pixel), Corradetti has decided to play down his videogame side & to crank up his folk rock side for once.
The sound is light. The mood is confidential. The lyrics are a delight.
In their ballad The Diamonds In Your Eyes, The Eastern Stars sing: “I will never behave.” You heard right. The Eastern Stars are singing about you. ~DT
… one of the most enchanting and delicately sewn, entirely brilliant pieces of experimental rock to drop the jaws of Stars or Isabel Campbell fans…
Sari Delmar, Exclaim! (Canada)
The soft, deep whispers of Rob Corradetti blend smoothly with Kaia Wong’s hushed, airy voice…
Brad , Both Sides of the Mouth (USA)
… the sweet, subtle harmonies shine on acoustic folk-pop gems…
Jason MacNeil, Pop Matters (USA)
… it’s gritty, grainy, warped and whispery quasi-folk…
Rupert Bottenberg, Montreal Mirror (Québec)
It is fun, meaningful music…
John Butler, Transform (USA)
… a slightly psychedelic wonderland filled with fuzzy guitars and slow, intimate, almost always beautiful melodies.
Brian McMurray, Harmonium (USA)
Rob Corradetti is a self-taught musician. Since being struck by lightning when he was 15 he has recorded over 300 songs on his portable 8-track under the name Mixel Pixel and now The Eastern Stars. He also makes bright, psychedelic artwork and comic books. → Full bio
August 18, 2006
a few years ago, we have decided to choose a cat as our mascot. those who know us know that the cat represents no type quite well: spending most of its time asleep, allergic to work, living room anarchist, hostile to strangers, although extremely picky when it comes to artistic matter. to the point where we figured this cat was having a bad influence on us, because we weren’t doing anything anymore. → Continued…
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