New Music: Starover Blue – Larkspur

Starover Blue is an experimental dream pop/indie rock group which traces its roots back to San Jose in 2007, but is now based in Portland, Oregon. Larkspur is their latest single and is a genre-busting gem.

Larkspur by Starover Blue

Starover Blue comes at indie music from a different angle to most bands. The hooks and melody lie at the centre of the song, for sure, but here, there’s a strong role for the instrumentation, its layering and symbiotic relationship with the folk-indie vocals creating an overall effect that burns slowly but brightly in the listener’s mind.

Larkspur plays with the conventions of indie, pop, and alt.rock, but also seeks to draw the listener in and entertain them, very much in the style of Cocteau Twins, Flaming Lips, and The Joy Formidable.

Larkspur and more music from Starover Blue can be streamed and downloaded on their Bandcamp page. You can also listen to their back catalogue on Apple Music and Spotify. Hit them up on Twitter and Facebook socials for more info.

Starover Blue is Kendall Sallay-Milotz (vocals, guitar), Kyle Polensky, (bass, vocals), Jared Kauk (guitar), Dirk Sallay-Milotz (guitar, synths, vocals), Allie Barnes (backup vocals), and James Alton (drums).