Bio
Not quite a band, not quite a solo project, No More Death Stars is the creative brainchild of Kevin Cardinale and a revolving cast of collaborators. Self-identifying as a “punk rock collective,” the group originated in 2016 around Albany, NY. Having garnished comparisons to indie-punk contemporaries such as Jeff Rosenstock and AJJ, No More Death Stars re-emerge in 2022 with a new album, simply titled .jpg, this time incorporating orchestral instrumentation and citing Radiohead and Brian Wilson as major influences.
Cardinale recently relocated to Seattle, WA, to bring NMDS to the west coast.
Current Collaborators
Kevin Cardinale
Bass, Vocals, Synth
Eric Rothstein
Guitars, Backing Vox
Kevin Stephenson
Guitars, Backing Vox
.jpg out now!!!
The debut album by No More Death Stars, titled .jpg, was recorded during Quarantine, between October 2020-May 2021. Engineered by Ryan Cohen at his own Robot Dog Studio outside Burlington, VT, the album features 10 tracks that meld together into one continuous piece of music.
With .jpg, No More Death Stars explore new sonic territory by incorporating orchestral arrangements, composed by the group’s songwriter and bassist, Kevin Cardinale, and performed by newcomers Anthime Miller, Ben Burt, and Sam Mark.
.jpg released everywhere Sept. 2, 2022.
Singles & Music Videos
.jpg’s first single, “Have You Ever Wondered if Osama Bin Laden’s Ever Fallen in Love?,” dropped everywhere April 29, 2022, spewing absurdist lyrics from the perspective of a millennial Bin Laden, and set to an instrumentation someplace in-between the Ronettes and the Melvins.
The next single, “Emotional Lint Roller,” released everywhere June 24, 2022, alongside a new music video which features puppetry and UFO’s.
The third and final single, “Halloween 2008,” was surprise-released on July 27, 2022, accompanied by a music video montage of band’s best moments. Cardinale identifies this to be the first song he wrote for NMDS, and regards it as the band’s Smells Like Teen Spirit moment: “It’s the poppiest song I’ve ever written, and the first one the audience started singing along with us.”
