“Island of Stars” is Eventstellar’s twelfth single, recorded in February 2018 at an improvised beachside studio in Holbox Island, Mexico and later mixed and mastered at Skógafoss Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland. Released on October 9, 2018 and re-released on August 17, 2025. The single was produced and mixed by Matt Dublin with final mastering by Thor Linnane.
Exploring the ocean as both metaphor and memory, Island of Stars expands Eventstellar’s cosmic vision into a spiritual and marine landscape. Inspired by the vibrant turquoise waters of the Caribbean and the reflective solitude of the poem “Footprints in the Sand”. This release weaves themes of faith, nostalgia, and transcendence into a seamless sonic tide. Across three tracks, the single becomes a tribute to beauty, time and the stars that shine even when unseen.
Ode to the Turquoise Sea opens the single with an ambient meditation on nature’s serenity. With its soft cadences and crystalline imagery, the song becomes a hymn to clarity—“The waves dance and sway in harmony / As the sun casts its golden view.” It’s not only a portrait of the Caribbean; it’s a moment of divine stillness, where the sea becomes a sanctuary and the sky, a reflection of inner peace.
Island of Stars brings the emotional core of the single into focus. It’s a gentle but soaring ballad that turns a cosmic landscape into a personal refuge. “Each star on the sand / It’s a hope in the sky,” sings the narrator, bridging heaven and earth, dream and memory. As time slips by, the song becomes a longing for permanence. A quiet prayer for freedom, belonging and the courage to believe again. The final verses echo the poem’s central promise: “One set of footprints on the sand / I know with you / I won’t be afraid.”
Blue Horizon closes the single with lyrical and melodic echoes of previous Eventstellar works. This version reclaims the song’s origin, placing it back where it was first imagined—on the shorelines of Holbox. It’s a song of resistance through beauty, turning introspection into light. “In a land without hope / With ideas unexplored,” the voice sings not in despair but in defiance, casting its vision toward “the endless frontier” beyond the blue.
Island of Stars is Eventstellar’s most oceanic and contemplative work to date. An invitation to look up, look within, and trust in the constellations we carry in memory, even when the tide erases their traces from the shore.
Release date:
October 9, 2018
Producer and mixer:
Matt Dublin
Mastered:
Thor Linnane
Label:
Madelos Music
Recorded at:
Holbox Island Studio
Mixed and Mastered at:
Skógafoss Studios
Genres:
Alternative & Singer-Songwriter
Format:
Download & Streaming