Starlings to release new single
aaamusic | On 22, Sep 2011
RELEASED 10th OCT ON CIVIL MUSIC
Following the successful debut release of ‘W
EIGHT IN GOLD’ and the eagerly anticipated second release of ‘SIRENS’, STARLINGS are back with their third single, a brand new track called ‘DARK ARTS’.
In a bid to reclaim Sheffield as Britain’s premier electro-pop city, STARLINGS sound, hotly tipped by the likes of NME, METRO, Guardian, Q and The Sun, reminds us that Sheffield was once as close, spiritually and musically, to Detroit and Düsseldorf as it is geographically to Doncaster.
Following the successful debut release of ‘WEIGHT IN GOLD’ and the eagerly anticipated second release of ‘SIRENS’, STARLINGS are back with their third single, a brand new track called ‘DARK ARTS’.
The four-piece, together for little over a year, use elements of Sheffield’s electronic past and appear intent on stitching their name firmly into the Steel City’s spiritual electronic band fabric.
The band’s trademark ‘Balearic Indie’ has been captured and nurtured under the wonderful wing of ultra-psych producer Richard Norris, (The Grid, Time & Space Machine, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve,) combining balearic beats with cosmic synths to create a unique funk-tinged disco sound. The undeniably catchy debut album is set to drop late 2011.
The band will be playing the following UK dates though out October and November:
DARK ARTS TOUR 2011
Monday 26th September – SOYO Live with TEETH, SHEFFIELD
Friday 7th October – Moles, BATH
Saturday 15th October – LeyLines Festival, OXFORD
Wednesday 19th October – Forum with Polarsets, SHEFFIELD
Saturday 22nd October – Oxjam, SHEFFIELD
Monday 24th October – Vudu, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 3rd November – The Venue, DERBY
Saturday 5th November – Nation of ShopKeepers, LEEDS
Monday 21st November – Kasbah, COVENTRY
Thursday 24th November – ‘Strangers Club’ @ Electricity Showrooms, LONDON
Saturday 3rd December – Stealth & Rescue Rooms, NOTTINGHAM
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NME: “Ones to Watch 2011” – “Rejoicing is due. Fresh blast of breaking indie synth-pop coldness, icicle toplines that will set the hype machine alight
METRO: “Ones To Watch 2011” – “The latest in a long line of high fliers from the original synth’n’steel city
