Starling "Forgive Me," bf2025 Best of all—to an aspiring

Best of all—to an aspiring “writer” at least—the band’s lyrics seemed to be saying something

Adding new dimensions of sound to the richly emotional track

From the unearthly percussive clangour of “Hyperkinetic Mass Disordert” to the DHR-addled chaos of the paint-stripping “Mega Ritual”

• Extensive 300pp history PLUS 150pp highly opinionated band encyclopedia

they flew out to Boston

Starling "Forgive Me," bf2025 Best of all—to an aspiringDescription Pressing Info Confusion, frustration, love and loss are all expressed throughout the first album, Forgive Me, from Los Angeles alternative band, Starling. Written over the course of about a year, the LA band recorded themselves in various sheds, apartments, and garages. The record was mixed by drummer, Erik Sathrum Johnson, artwork was shot by the band and their friends, and then mastered by Greg Obis (MJ Lenderman, Wishy, Duster). Songs