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Brittle Stars

About Me


History:
After the breakup of Crush 22 , Estelle and Joshua wanted to continue to play music together. Joshua asked two of his friends, Dan and Steve and the Brittle Stars were born. We were a band from March 20, 1998 to July 20, 2001. We toured a few times, put out an album and an EP before everyone graduated from college and moved away. Both our album and EP are out of print but they're available in download form from both iTunes and snocap.
Now:
The members are still alive and involved in various musical endeavors. Dan stays busy with Tonevendor , Clairecords and Ayler. Estelle is now in Elephant Parade . Joshua has played in a few bands since the Brittle Stars ended but presently he's in Nervous Systems . Steve is supposedly working on that French Horns album that he promised to complete eons ago.
Last Year:
The album has been released on vinyl (limited to 300 copies) and is availabe at Tonevendor . Clairecords is also repressing the album and the EP together as "Complete Recordings." We *are* playing a show for our ten year anniversary. It's at Pop Mayhem! . We will be playing May 8th, 2008. There are no plans for any other shows.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/25/2007
Band Website: http://www.mrclay.org/brittlestars
Band Members:

Dan - Bass
Estelle - Vocals, Keyboards
Joshua - Drums
Steve - Guitars, Keyboards

and occasional guest players Michael Pecchio, Shena Baruch-Hays, Jeff Hays and Mario Lopez.
Michael Pecchio also recorded/mixed our album. Josh is still bitter about him using sequenced drums on "Tripping Me Up".
Influences:
O.M.D. (we did a cover of "Souvenir"), New Order, Book of Love, Bjork, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, The Caravelles, The Sundays, Ivy, Independent Pop Music.


Sounds Like: Crush 22
Record Label: Clairecords
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tickets and Accomodations for PopMayhem!

We're playing as part of PopMayhem. Tickets will be sold at the door but the 3 day passes will only be available up until a day or two before the festival, or until they sell out. If you plan on comi...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:38:00 GMT

Album Repressing

I know kids these days like all their music in binary format but.... The album has been released on vinyl (limited to 300 copies) and is available at Tonevendor. Clairecords is also repressing the a...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:13:00 GMT

Our first show in seven years-May 2008

Well, almost seven years.  We played our last show in July of 2001 in Los Angeles.  We were planning on having a ten year anniversary show (our first show was in March of 1998) but instead o...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:54:00 GMT

estelle plays in gainesville, florida tonight (Dec. 29)

Estelle plays in Elephant Parade tonight - Saturday, December 29 - in Gainesville, FL with Holopaw at Satchels - 1800 NE 23rd Ave. - at 10PM
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:12:00 GMT