Artist Stars Like Fleas

Upon first listen, Brooklyn’s Stars Like Fleas sound like a group of musicians vehemently opposed to cohesion—an experimental pop orchestra virally tuning and dueling in a rehearsal space trapped between streams of consciousness. In fact, the band’s permanent members Montgomery Knot and Shannon Fields are supported by a revolving lineup of up to 21 musicians, both live and on their 2007 full-length, The Ken Burns Effect. The swelling results of all that prove unerringly bewitching, with a cosmic sound that drifts away from post-rock to absolute, glittering, madness. 

Updated 07/21/2009