Los Angeles alt-rock band Starling are excited to share their latest single “No Frown,” the last preview of their new EP, Forgive Me, out June 27, 2025 via San Antonio’s Sunday Drive Records. Performed as a duet, “No Frown” documents the invincibility and sweetness that a small town love can bring. Acoustic guitar and string arrangements evoke fond memories, yearning for the past as Kasha and Gitai’s vocals reminisce on moments of desire. A striking, ever-relevant song, Starling’s entry into the slowness marks one of their most reflective and memorable releases yet.
Heralding the announcement of Forgive Me, was “I Can Be Convinced,” a hard-hitting but sickly sweet departure from their sparse and airy dreamscapes. The single sees the four-piece examine an all-consuming love and the comfort one can find in confinement. Soaring guitars, blistering hi-hats and bandleader Kasha Souter Willett’s sauntering vocals push the song towards sonic chaos. Directed by David Milan Kelly and produced by Skyler Sulby, the official music video for the single was filmed in Los Angeles, CA, and features the band amongst an array of ballerinas.
Starling has kept busy since their inception in 2023, steadily releasing music and playing shows on the West Coast. Their debut EP, 2324, arrived last fall via tastemaking tape label Pleasure Tapes. Serving as a compilation of their singles from 2023 and 2024, the project features fan favorite songs like “Bottlebrush Tree” and “Falling Down a Mystery Hillside.”
Having recently finished up a run of shows with fellow LA band Cryogeyser, Starling has rocked support slots across town with Flooding, Devon Ross and more.
Starling is a four-piece Alternative band born and based in Los Angeles, CA, creating music with a soft heaviness, weaving from grunge to songwriter to shoegaze. The band’s absolute genre is hard to pin, but the feel is a general yearning for contentment, a person, a place. Combining bedroom warped production with angular leads and rich vocal melodies, Starling offers a uniquely vulnerable and enthralling style of rock.
