Listen Up! No. 75: Shimmering Stars - I'm Gonna Try

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Simple '60s doo-wop melodies, full-band harmonies and understated production values? Ten seconds in and you might think you've heard it all before - and recently - but Vancouver quartet Shimmering Stars offer something more substantial than many of bands contributing to this year's surf-pop zeitgeist. They're singing about love, not lust, and not through a haze of weed smoke; instead a sense of level-headed yearning and wry self-deprecation provide ballast for their relationship laments.  

One look at the video for new vinyl-only single 'I'm Gonna Try', which comes out via Almost Musique on 20 December, confirms that these are the real deal hopeless romantics.


Shimmering Stars - I'm Gonna Try from Salazar on Vimeo.