SHAPES STARS MAKE - Biography 2008

Shapes Stars Make formed in late 2007 under the direction and writing of Michael Gooden, when him and friend Jon Cook decided to focus and change directions from previous musical attempts. Drawing inspiration largely from instrumental bands such as Explosions in the Sky, Mono, and The Album Leaf, the band’s songs are well-crafted pieces that balance beautifully layered guitars and emotional lyrics. In January 2008, Shapes Stars Make recorded their debut album with producer/engineer John Congleton (The Appleseed Cast, Explosions in the Sky). The self-titled album was recorded and mixed in six rainy and cold days in Texas.

In the Summer of 2008, Zach Edwards and SSM were united, after months of searching for a drummer. The result was an effortless blend of creativity, emotion, and technicality. Soon thereafter, the threesome began writing and arranging new material, assembling the pieces for their first full-length album.


"Shapes Stars Make sound exactly the way you would expect a band with this name to sound like. The music is airy with gentle flickers that light up small and large. The music consumes the listener like the lights in the night sky and lets you dream out loud." (AbsolutePunk)

"Evident on the band’s debut EP is a sound unique in its atypical condensation of genre techniques. Where as most indie bands experimenting with post-rock textures tend to develop around mellow, restrained build-ups and finishes, Shapes Stars Make represents six tracks equally gentle and melodic as they are massive in volume."(The Neo-Surrealist Movement)