Mass Recovery Fest - Artist Showcase #5: Blue Star Burns Red

Every day I'll be posting an Artist Showcase--a short introduction to each one of the bands playing Mass Recovery Fest this year. I've been lucky enough to enlist the help of Tony Marciello who wrote half the reviews including this one.

Blue Star Burns Red



Epic is the first word that comes to mind when listening to Blue Star Burns Red; they rise, they fall, they rise again. Their music could be easily placed over the slow motion climax of your favorite action movie. Developing for the past year in and around North Hampton, MA, Blue Star Burns Red combines rock elements from multiple genres to create a huge instrumental sound that demands and deserves your attention. The band unifies the resounding guitars of Mark Sloss, Kevin Casey, and Chuck Vermette over the haunting keyboards and experimental samples of K.J. Roberts, the punctual bass of Andrew Moore, and the crashing drums of Mike Jaczyck.

Blue Star Burns Red is putting out their first full-length release, “Primoris,” this March at their CD release show on the 27th. The show is at The Elevens in North Hampton with Ghost Ocean, Those Wolves Actually Happened, and Fugue. After that, they’ll be playing Day 2 of this year’s Mass Recovery Fest, which should prove to be an epic evening indeed.