{"id":23334,"date":"2016-09-29T13:21:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T12:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=23334"},"modified":"2016-09-29T16:17:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:17:17","slug":"fire-to-the-stars-illuminate-with-new-single-stay-down-and-award-winning-short-film-the-death-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/09\/fire-to-the-stars-illuminate-with-new-single-stay-down-and-award-winning-short-film-the-death-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire To The Stars Illuminate With New Single &#8216;Stay Down&#8217; And Award Winning Short Film &#8216;The Death Drive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23339\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/09\/fire-to-the-stars-illuminate-with-new-single-stay-down-and-award-winning-short-film-the-death-drive\/fire-to-the-stars-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fire-To-The-Stars-1.png?fit=1071%2C737&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1071,737\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"fire-to-the-stars-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fire-To-The-Stars-1.png?fit=640%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23339\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fire-To-The-Stars-1.png?resize=640%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fire-to-the-stars-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Melbourne based Australian and Swedish collective Fire To The Stars follow up their previous release, &#8216;Made Of Fire&#8217; with a new single, &#8216;Stay Down&#8217;. The track is accompanied by a cinematic video, which in itself is made out of\u00a0scenes from the award-winning short film, &#8216;The Death Drive&#8217;. &#8216;The Death Drive&#8217; was created by Kyle V. James and Michael Bourne.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Stay Down&#8217; is a sobering, melancholic, haunting track, made even more so when watched with the video. The pure voices of the lead singer and backing vocalist\/s echo long after you&#8217;ve finished listening to the song. There&#8217;s an essence of wilderness that&#8217;s part of the song, not exactly loneliness, it&#8217;s something untouchable, undefinable. Listening you are transported to the 60s or early 70s, and the full effect is a piece which affects not just the eyes and ears, but hearts and minds as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for &#8216;Stay Down&#8217; is both shocking and beautiful at the same time, opening with a man, played by Kyle V. James, dousing himself in petrol and setting fire to himself. He reminisces of his lost love, his mind flashing back over his life, how he&#8217;s always been a thrillseeker, chasing excitement, each thrill taking him closer to the edge and yet at the same time making him feel even more alive. Now he&#8217;s on the edge of death, without the will to carry on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Stay Down&#8217;, like its predecessor, is also from the album &#8216;Made Of Fire&#8217;, which clearly shows the band&#8217;s influences, including Dead Can Dance, Grouper, and My Bloody Valentine.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video for &#8216;Stay Down&#8217;, as well as the short film, &#8216;The Death Drive&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_62791\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fq669FrjLVU?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Fire to the Stars - Stay Down\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Fq669FrjLVU\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/124107920\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To see more, visit Kyle James Film&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/kylejamesfilm.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>,\u00a0and Like Moonflower Productions on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/moonflowerproductions\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>. Follow Fire To The Stars on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firetothestars1\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and like them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/firetothestars\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne based Australian and Swedish collective Fire To The Stars follow up their previous release, &#8216;Made Of Fire&#8217; with a new single, &#8216;Stay Down&#8217;. The track is accompanied by a cinematic video, which in itself is made out of scenes from the award-winning short film, &#8216;The Death Drive&#8217;. &#8216;The Death Drive&#8217; was created by Kyle V. 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