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‘The Night of the Stars’ is the fantastic sixth album from dream pop favorites Azure Blue—the celebrated project of Tobias Isaksson, one of Sweden’s most internationally acclaimed indie artists. The album pushes the quality to its peak, exhibiting a richer, clearer, and more luxurious approach to the patented Azure Blue sound across ten enticing tracks about togetherness in times of hardship. With its warm, analog production, the album recalls the brilliance of the popular ‘Rule of Thirds’ debut album from 2011.

Album opener 'Rise' is a shimmering dream pop anthem with a rushing drumbeat topped by luxurious layers of analog synths and a Peter Hook-like bass, while the crystal-clear topline in ‘Three Times The Drama’ shines over electric guitars and analog synths for an immediate pop melody. ‘Visions and Themes’ is a pop gem about love, dreams, and doubts featuring widescreen synths, manic drum machines, and a breathtaking key rise, while ‘Under The Stars’ delivers more top notch electronica and ‘Mia Luce’ is an emotional duet with Swedish pop starlet Paola. 

Side two of the album opens with 'Define Your Dreams'—a bright flare first previewed during the dark days of the pandemic, and ‘What Is Love?’— a song for dancing with tears in your eyes. ‘My Guiding Light’ is a Dylanesque Bryan Ferry moment in a summer mood with heartfelt lyrics about a couple with differences, while ‘The Miracle’ has a beat reminiscent of The Cure and the most personal lyrics on the album, and ‘Martyrs’ is a sixties-influenced evergreen in a modern synth suite with strings and elegant vocal harmonies. 

‘The Night of the Stars’ is a distinguished masterpiece released with the support of the Swedish Culture Council. It is available digitally and in limited edition CD and 12” clear vinyl formats in collaboration with Hybris of Sweden and Anna Logue Records of Germany.