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The other day, Stars threw a link to a website into a MySpace blog post that posed a lot more questions than it answered. You were met with a twinkly little piano tune, a heart with moving gears in it, and the hard-hitting query up there.

Today came the answers, in the form of an official announcement that Stars will release the Sad Robots EP on September 1. The EP will be available for digital purchase exclusively via sadrobots.ca, while limited edition physical copies can be picked up in exchange for money exclusively at dates on Stars' upcoming tour.

Sad Robots packs in five all-new tunes and a live version of an old favorite: "Going, Going, Gone", originally from 2001 release Nightsongs. Folks who visit sadrobots.ca (not to be confused with sadrobots.com) after August 31 will also have the opportunity to download that live track in MP3 form for free. Woo, free!

Stars' tour, which finds the band sharing an "all new live show" based on the Sad Robots aesthetic, kicks off September 17 in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Sad Robots EP:

01 Maintenance Hall, 4am
02 A Thread Cut With a Carving Knife
03 Undertow
04 Going, Going, Gone (live)
05 14 Forever
06 Sad Robot

Stars:

09-17 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
09-18 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel *
09-19 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero *
09-20 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
09-22 Columbus, OH - Milo Arts *
09-23 Newport, KY - Southgate House *
09-24 Chicago, IL - The Vic *
09-25 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
09-26 Lawrence, KS - The Granada *
09-28 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon #
10-02 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues #
10-03 Santa Barbara, CA - UC Santa Barbara #
10-04 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre #
10-06 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore #
10-07 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall #
10-08 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom #
10-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox Theatre #
10-10 Bellingham, WA - Western Washington University #
10-29 Fredericton, New Brunswick - SUB Ballroom ^
10-30 Moncton, New Brunswick - The Manhattan Club ^
10-31 Charlottestown, Prince Edward Island - The Wave ^
11-01 Halifax, Nova Scotia - The Marquee Club ^
11-03 St. John's, Newfoundland - Club One ^

* with Bell X1
# with Think About Life
% with Hey! Rosetta