Five Stars for Failure "Tour cd" cd-r (self released/1999)

Sometime in 1999 I went to see what I believe was the only show ever at the Power Play Dek Hockey rink. Not only was it weird that a show was being held on the actual hockey rink but it was also where I played on a few teams at the time so it was a meeting of both my worlds if you will. Regardless I went down to go see my buddies Prescott C and With Every Idle Hour play and in the process I witnessed this incredible band from out of town called Five Stars for Failure absolutely knock me out of  my socks. They were on tour from somewhere in Pennsylvania and still to this day of the many out of town bands that came to Long Island to play Five Stars for Failure remain one of my favorites. Sonically speaking they played driving yet discordant post punk/emo stuff that was a mix of Drive Like Jehu, early Unwound and Honeywell. In fact when you compare their sound to the first Unwound album the resemblance is absolutely uncanny. The funny thing is when I told them after the show how much I dug the set and wholesaled some stuff for my distro I remarked at how much they reminded me of Unwound, and they said they never heard of them. Today that is hard to imagine but back then I was so used to not knowing anyone that liked Unwound so big deal right? Bottom line  is they were playing the type of high energy, loud music that I saw in a lot of bands coming from the Pacific Northwest region at the time that I wished bands on Long Island would've channeled.

So I picked up a copy of their 7 inch on One Day Records (which I will upload at a later date) and this cd-r tour demo of which only 50 copies were made and it contains four songs; two re-recorded demo tracks, a compilation track and a previously unreleased tune. Four songs that left me wanting more. Even with the four songs on the 7 inch I was still left wanting more. And to be honest with you I am not entirely sure there was more. I tried to get them to come back to Long Island like once or twice when booking shows but that never happened and I guess any trace of what came of Five Stars for Failure or if there was any further output has remained a mystery to me. I do know that folks from Five Stars for Failure went on to be in rather good screamo band called Fighter Hayabusa who released one lone cdep called Can Kill a Shark With Their Bare Hands on Appliance Records.

Five Stars for Failure  Tour CD track listing
1. East Monument
2. Fired
3. Stuffing
4. Break, Eye

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