Stars' Torquil Campbell Preps Second Memphis Album

While bandmate Amy Millan has been busy with her country-fied solo debut, Honey From the Tombs, Stars' other lead singer, Torquil Campbell, has stayed the indie pop course. On August 15, Campbell will pull a Thom Yorke and release an unheralded album of his own.

A Little Place in the Wilderness will be the second full-length from Memphis, Campbell's collaboration with longtime friend Chris Dumont. It will also be the newly founded Good Fences label's inaugural release. The record is coming out in Canada only for now; Good Fences is working on U.S. and European releases

Fortunately for you, however, we have Little Place's first single available as an exclusive mp3 download. "I'll Do Whatever You Want" is an upbeat, likeable piece of dreamy guitar pop with a couple of keyboard flourishes thrown into the background for good measure. That is, it sounds a lot like a Stars song, which is not a bad thing.

Daniel Handler, author of the Lemony Snicket children's books, will co-direct (with Campbell) the song's video, which will be filmed in Vancouver in early September.

Memphis also have a trio of Canadian tour dates coming up, including a date in October at the Pop Montreal festival. Unfortunately, there are no dates in Memphis. Stars get closer on that front with their September 15 appearance at the Austin City Limits Festival in-- of course-- Austin, Texas.

Tracklist:

01 I Dreamed We Fell Apart
02 In the Cinema Alone
03 Incredibly Drunk on Whiskey
04 Time Away
05 A Ghost Story
06 A Little Place in the Wilderness
07 I'll Do Whatever You Want
08 Swallows and Amazons
09 In the Highest Room
10 The Night Watchman

Dates:

08-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
08-25 Victoria, British Columbia - Logan's
10-05 Montreal, Quebec - Le Lion D'Or (Pop Montreal)

MP3: Memphis: I'll Do Whatever You Want