Under Starcleaner Reunion’s Umbrella, A Lifetime Of Music Geek Camaraderie
There's something delightfully enigmatic about a band that makes you want to know the whole story before you've even pressed play. Starcleaner Reunion emerged with a fully formed aesthetic that felt like stepping into someone else's carefully curated private universe, and that combination of visual intrigue and genuinely brainy instrumental pop is exactly the kind of thing that gets Cledvibes Radio listeners digging deeper. When a band wears their musical intelligence that openly, treating their listeners like fellow enthusiasts rather than passive consumers, you know you're in the presence of something worth your time. We reckon this sort of uncompromising, collaborative spirit is what keeps independent music alive and interesting.
From Stereogum: When they popped up a few years back with a pair of accomplished EPs, Starcleaner Reunion were an alluring, disorienting proposition. The band name alone raised questions: Reunion, you say? What exactly is a starcleaner? The surreal cartoons that graced their records gave the band a distinctive visual language. And then there was the music itself, startlingly sophisticated post-Stereolab Euro chic…