Stream the new David Bowie album, ★ (Blackstar)


David Bowie‘s new album ★ (Blackstar) is out today, via ISO/Columbia. To date, a few of the tracks from the album have been released, including the epic 10-minute title track, the similarly eerie standout “Lazarus,” “Sue (or in a Season of Crime)” and “Tis a Pity She Was a Whore.” But now, the entire album is finally streaming via Spotify. It’s a much more atmospheric and ominous sounding album than its predecessor, with a tone that’s closer to the sounds of recent work by Scott Walker than those of Bowie’s vintage releases. Which is to say it’s another exciting new chapter from a consistently evolving artist, whose birthday, it turns out, is today. Listen to the David Bowie Blackstar stream below.
David Bowie’s ★ (Blackstar) follows 2013’s The Next Day.
David Bowie’s is one of our most anticipated albums of spring (and winter) 2016.

Jeff Terich is the founder and editor of Treble. He's been writing about music for 20 years and has been published at American Songwriter, Bandcamp Daily, Reverb, Spin, Stereogum, uDiscoverMusic, VinylMePlease and some others that he's forgetting right now. He's still not tired of it.