“Hannes Norrvide and co. have finally reached the pop apex they’ve been arching toward for some time. "Stardom," from the upcoming Compassion, is pure early ‘80s-style shimmer: icy synths and glowing, chorused-out guitars meeting and parting. Its effect is nostalgic—perhaps recalling a rink or park as a child, in winter hours after dark, dazzled by the lights and the fresh cold and the fact that yo”
