ABOUT THIS ITEM

For Fans Of: The Everly Brothers, Phil Spectore Times New Viking, Vivian Girls.

“Shimmering Stars create reverb-soaked pop songs, full of arching harmonies, pulsing rhythms, and exquisite melodies, often with dark undertones, all while adhering to the timeless structural qualities of the seminal songs that inspired them." – Exclaim!

This latest 7” in Splendour’s split series features two original singles by two bands that have been receiving some much-deserved hype. His Clancyness and Shimmering Stars have both made a name for themselves with catchy, dreamy lo-fi pop.

Shimmering Stars is a three-piece dream pop act from Vancouver, BC, Canada. The music embodies an attempt at drawing out and illuminating the subtle darkness inherent in the seemingly wholesome, innocent music of the 1950s and 60s. The result filters older influences like the Everly Brothers, Del Shannon, Phil Spector, and Bo Diddley through a contemporary indie lens. Songs about being in love, not being in love, the painfully modern condition of floating in a state of suspended adolescence – all tinted with the slight self-deprication of knowing how trite it is to be writing songs about these things at all.

Mystery man Jonathan Clancy, aka His Clancyness, is a native of Ottawa, Canada who has taken up residence in Bologna, Italy. His music has been described as “…a tender, clean, and consoling collection of snug little dream-pop blankets to ball up in, marked by gliding harmonies into which Clancy injects his rich, wistful sigh. These are not songs that demand a great deal of insight. In fact, there's no need for understanding at all; the simple arrangements and heartbreak hooks bypass the nerd-centres, burrowing straight through the chest only to manifest themselves two minutes or so later as lumps in the throat and knots in the stomach." (Altered Zones/ Pitchfork)

01. Carve A Peach - His Clancyness
02. Don’t Worry, Just Understand - His Clancyness

03. Not Growing Up - Shimmering Stars
04. Greyhound Romance - Shimmering Stars