Stars See Five Ghosts In June

There are five members of Stars, which might explain the title of their upcoming fifth studio album, The Five Ghosts. (This is beginning to look Joel Plaskett-esque.)

The disc is out June 22 through the band's own Soft Revolution Records label, which is being distributed by Universal Music Canada. It was recorded in Montreal and includes a guest appearance from Broken Social Scene and Apostle Of Hustle's Andrew Whiteman.

Tom McFall, who handled 2005's Set Yourself On Fire, returns as producer on the follow-up to 2007's Polaris Music Prize short listed In Our Bedroom After The War.

"We have never written an album with this much cohesion and unity," singer/guitarist Amy Millan says of The Five Ghosts. "It is the first time we've had the luxury of being together in a huge room writing songs off the floor. The Five Ghosts is quintessentially Stars."

First single "Fixed" will be released in April, and the band will soon announce a club tour in support of The Five Ghosts. They'll perform the album in entirety on the trek, which will also include hits from their discography like "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead," "Take Me To The Riot," "Ageless Beauty" and others.

No dates have been announced, but here's a "making of" video about The Five Ghosts to tide you over for now:

Here are the songs on The Five Ghosts:

"Dead Hearts"
"Wasted Daylight"
"I Died So I Could Haunt You"
"Fixed"
"We Don't Want Your Body"
"He Dreams He's Awake"
"Never Been Good With Change"
"The Passenger"
"The Last Song Ever Written"
"How Much More"
"Winter Bones"