We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Where We Begin

by Absentstar

supported by
Eddie
Eddie thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
Where We Begin 03:32
buy track
2.
(Don't You Think) We Owe It To Ourselves 04:11
buy track
3.
At The Seams 04:01
buy track
4.
Education 03:56
buy track
5.
Ready When You Are 03:30
buy track
6.
Don't Hold Back 03:29
buy track
7.
Slow Motion Change 04:16
buy track
8.
One More Day Here 03:05
buy track
9.
False Start Chemistry 04:16
buy track
10.
The Way Out 04:25
buy track

about

"Oh Absentstar, you’ve done it again. You’ve created the finest form of pop/rock and ingrained the most superb melodies and hooks in my head. The only thing crazier than your ability for writing a catchy tune is the fact that you haven’t dominated top forty radio, but all in due time I suppose. Where We Begin sounds like a touch up of their debut Sea Trials. Musically it’s not all that different, but sometimes much of the art out there just needs a little touching up to display its vibrant colors, and Where We Begin is glowing. It catches your attention upon first listen, and doesn’t let go." - Imagine Echoes

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

"Every once in a while you'll find a band like - Absentstar - that is able to pull off alt-pop without making you skip a track because it's too overblown or cringe when the 100th repeat of the chorus comes on. It's a fine line, but right now these boys are about the only ones walking it. If (Don't You Think) We Owe It To Ourselves is any indication of the sonic ride they'll be taking us on in July, this will be no kind of sophomore slump. While all the same essential elements are returning, the band feels tighter here than anywhere on Sea Trials. The lyrics are poignant, though they'll sure as hell stick in your head. God knows I've been singing it in the shower each and every day since I first took a gander." - Sell The Lie

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

"Another single track that has been making my play button finger itchy comes from Chicago's Absentstar. The song is called (Don't You Think) We Owe It To Ourselves and delivers an extremely polished, memorable slice of alternative , melodic rock. The rousing chorus, coupled with the subtley layered instrumentation, walks the narrow line between mainstream rock radio fare and the introspection of bands like Interpol and Travis and successfully avoids tumbling into either the generic tedium of the former or the sometimes depressing undertones of the latter." - Heavier Than Air

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

credits

released November 17, 2009

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Chuck Gladfelter
Recorded at EQHQ / Chicago IL
Mastered by Dave McNair / Masterdisc NYC
www.absentstar.com | www.myspace.com/absentstar

contact: robert (at) modelrecordings (dot) com

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

MODEL Recordings Chicago

contact / help

Contact MODEL Recordings

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Where We Begin, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now