A Message from Dubstar

Hello. Thanks for all of your support in 2020. It was great to be able to get some more music released, and we’re glad you liked it. If you missed it though, we released a new single called “I Can See You Outside”. You can watch the video by pressing play on your right, or listen on the service of your choice by clicking here. Here are some words about it:

Composed as a disco soundtrack for condemned night clubs and empty venues, "I Can See You Outside" is the latest single from Dubstar, a further collaboration with Stephen Hague, who produced their earliest hits.

Recorded at the end of the UK's first COVID-19 lockdown, it forms a companion piece with their previous single Hygiene Strip. While the previous song, “Hygiene Strip”, revealed an ordinary human predicament set within the extraordinary context of the pandemic, I Can See You Outside is a defiant expression of optimism, and the resolution to transcend an existential threat. And now it’s been remixed by Bright Light Bright Light. Click here to listen.

2021? The Dubstar store is open for business, selling and shipping limited edition coloured vinyl 12” singles of “I Can See You Outside” & “Hygiene Strip”, a limited edition coloured vinyl 7” of acoustic recordings of “Not So Manic Now” / “Free As A Bird”, and a re-press of our most recent album “One” on vinyl and CD.

We recorded an intimate and homely acoustic version of "Not So Manic Now" to celebrate the 25th birthday of Disgraceful. The b-side is a cover of "Free As A Bird". Why? When our debut album came out in 1995, we realised that it was coincidentally John Lennon’s birthday, and when "Not So Manic Now" was in the Top 20, "Free As A Bird" was too, which gave us the unexpected privilege of being in the charts at the same time as the Beatles. Including it here seems to heighten the nostalgia of the occasion, as it were.

The ludicrously attractive 12”s of “I Can See You Outside” &"Hygiene Strip” both include a brand new previously unheard extended version and dub mix, alongside the original version of each song. Buy the “I Can See You Outside” 12” here and “Hygiene Strip” here, to either play loudly or simply gaze at adoringly.

Buy the “Not So Manic Now” / “Free As A Bird” 7”, watch the videos or stream/download thanks to this link here. Listen to Disgraceful in all its mid-90s glory here, and wish it a happy birthday.

Buy the re-issue of One here, if you missed it last time.

There’s a lot more completely new music coming. We’re working on plans for the back-catalogue. We’re working on releasing more of the older music in the USA and Canada. A lot more will be revealed soon.

With even more love than usual, Sarah and Chris XX