Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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After two years away from playing live Stars and the Underground are looking forward to bringing their unique hybrid post-punk/synthwave sound with shoegaze textures back to the stage in 2025.

Members John Mason originally of New Zealand’s Winterland and John McDermott a drummer who has played with the likes of the Headless Chickens have teamed up to an record album “Guardians of the Night”
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We are excited to start sharing results of our collective efforts live and the first single “Lonely Black Hearts” from the new album and an accompanying video will be released on the 1st of April, 2025.

We are also celebrating with a live performance at Auckland’s Whammy Bar with “Other Voices” from Christchurch at their Post Punk Showcase on April the 5th, 2025.

The single includes remixes from Elenor Rayner (Robots in Love) and Ant Banister of Sydney bands (Sounds Like Winter and Sequential Zero).
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