"Are you already familiar with Stars and the Underground? You should be, especially if you're addicted to the dark sounds within the shoegaze genre, or to the ethereal and dreamlike bursts hidden in the most refined modern post-punk..."

"Listeners are invited to disappear into the shadows with “Echolocation”, a mesmerizing single that beautifully merges post-punk tension, synthwave atmosphere, and shoegaze dreamscapes. "

"Echolocation is, without a doubt, an immersive, ethereal, and atmospheric sonic journey, where coldness and emotion coexist in perfect tension..."

"From New Zealand comes a gorgeous slice of shoegaze, post-punk band Stars and the Underground have dropped their single Echolocation and its drenched in that dreamy, hazy guitar sound. Theres a special guest too Hannah Berry of the band Talmar lends her vocals to the track. Its lush, its atmosphere and its perfect for losing youself in..."

"Dark Soulful Post Punk from New Zealand…"

"Moody, atmospheric textured landscapes of sound which wash out like smooth rolling waves…"

"Stars and the Underground conjure a dark synthwave and shoegaze sound that drifts like cathedral smoke and sways like twilight on the tide. Guitars chime and shimmer with celestial clarity, while basslines brood beneath, steady as sleepwalks. Vocals echo like lost prayers, half-whispered, half-resolved. Drawing from the same windswept well as The Church and The Mission, they summon atmosphere over aggression, beauty over bombast, mood over momentum…"

"After a two-year silence, Stars and the Underground are back—louder, darker, and more cinematic than ever. Their new single 'Lonely Black Hearts' marks the first taste of their upcoming album Guardians of the Night, a brooding blend of post-punk, synthwave, and shoegaze that's already turning heads internationally…"