Phoebe Rings - "Fading Star"

Photo by Frances Carter

We've grown accustomed to the dream pop sound of Phoebe Rings over their releases, but the New Zealand band's latest single changes up their sound a bit. "Fading Star" even moves in a different sonic direction than the previous single, the jazzy "Get Up," did. This new one is a little more electronic based, and comes across like a laid back disco song. It's more upbeat than the chill room at a rave, and it will still want to make you dance... in a laid back way. "Fading Star" is a pretty little dance friendly song that still keeps elements of dream pop and jazz that we associate with Phoebe Rings. This is a fun one.

Drummer and producer Alex Freer says of the band's latest single:

“A story song about a musician getting older, ‘Fading Star’ was built upon harmony inspired by city pop and disco jazz. I wanted the verses to have more of a Talking Heads/Orange Juice rudimentary groove while the choruses have twinkly, dreamy layers with string synth and warbly guitar. The bridge allows a moment of full disco excess with percussion, clavinet synth, and a tube screamer guitar solo.”

You can watch the video for "Fading Star" below. Aseurai is due out June 6 on Carpark Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Phoebe Rings, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include a headlining show at Deep Cuts in Medford, MA November 30, and opening for The Beths December 1-2 at Royale in Boston and December 3 at Fete in Providence, RI.

10/30 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel &

10/31 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse &

11/01 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl &

11/03 – Dallas, TX @ The Studio At The Bomb Factory &

11/04 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s &

11/06 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren &

11/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern &

11/08 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore &

11/09 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore &

11/12 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades &

11/14 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom &

11/15 – Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre &

11/16 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom &

11/18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall &

11/19 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre &

11/21 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman &

11/22 – Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre &

11/23 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Indoor) &

11/24 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle !

11/25 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron &

11/26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre &

11/28 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall &

11/29 – Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre &

11/30 – Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts $

12/02 – Boston, MA @ Royale &

12/03 – Providence, RI @ Fete Music Hall &

12/04 – New York, NY @ Night Club 101

12/05 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount &

12/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer &

12/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's ^

12/09 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club &

12/10 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club &

12/11 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd *

12/13 – Seattle, WA @ Vera Project

12/14 – Portland, OR @ Lollipop Shoppe

& w/ The Beths

^ w/ @, Dylan Baldi (solo sax)

* w/ Memory Tapes