I’m sitting here wondering why we’re even seeing another album release under the Fujifabric banner - wasn’t MUSIC a good enough send-off to the memory of Shimura Masaaki? Why are they still milking the band name?

I digress. Listening to STAR, I remain convinced that Yamauchi + co. should have left the name behind and started afresh. I won’t go as far as saying that the music’s enough to make Shimura turn in his grave but honestly, there is nothing on STAR that would be worthy of consideration for Fab Fox or Teenager.