ABOUT THIS ITEM

4 tracks, limited edition, 500 units worldwide.

This project began in Kamloops, BC in Rory McClure’s parent’s garage, and its sound speaks to the dusty, dim-lit garage. In this way, Shimmering Stars is a part of the garage music continuum. In so much of the pop music of the late 1950s and early 1960s there is a darkness just below the surface. It is both beautiful and terrifying. Shimmering Stars is an embrace of the music of this period, and an effort to bring out some of its hidden elements. It is a combination of classic early pop and lo-fi indie pop. There is nothing ironic or mocking about it. It is sincere. Influences: Everly Brothers, Del Shannon, Phil Spector, Bo Diddley, Beach Boys, Drifters, anxiety attacks, anti-socialness. Shimmering stars are sexually repressed and puritanically correct. But they are eager to share some of their nasty thoughts with you.

Members: Rory McClure, guitar & vox, 27 years old, other bands: Bedrooms of the Nation / Andrew Dergousoff, 27, drums & vox, 27 years old, other bands: Bedrooms of the Nation / Clint Lofkrantz, guitar, sounds, vox, 27 years old, other bands: Mode Moderne, Manic Attracts / Felix Fung, bass, vox, 29 years old, other bands: Mode Moderne