Exclusive album premiere of ‘I Saw You in My Shadow’ by experimental NYC songwriter Starla Online, out November 4th, 2022.

‘I Saw You in My Shadow’ is Starla’s first LP, which will be available digitally and on cassette November 4th. She started writing these songs in March 2020 and live-tracked the core of the record with Andrea Schiavelli and Bailey Wollowitz at Chris Cohen’s studio in LA in June 2021. “I finished overdubbing trombone, extra synths, and Von on flute last fall in my bedroom.”

<a href="https://starlaonline.bandcamp.com/album/i-saw-you-in-my-shadow">I Saw You in My Shadow by Starla Online</a>

The record features current and old Starla members Andrea Schiavelli, Bailey Wollowitz, Von Kolk, and Zach Phillips. Very preciously mixed by Ryan Power and mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk.

“In the months that I was really focused on writing this, I was unemployed, walking long distances every day, and sleeping very poorly. I would wake up 4-5 times a night and was having the most vivid dreams I’d ever experienced. Sometimes a melody, lyric or chords would appear and whenever I could I’d wake from this sleep/falling asleep state, record the content, go back to sleep, and work out the song once I was awake. I wrote ‘Wish I Knew Why,’ ‘Lily,’ and ‘Absorption Period’ that way. The other songs were instigated by melodies that came to mind while walking that I’d voice record into my phone and work on later.”