The Starries - Discography

After the Strap (Bearos002) March 1999

Split 7" single with Jameson, first 250 on white vinyl with Jameson lyric sheet.
Distributed by Cargo.

From the press release: "From early grunge beginnings the trio's flirtations with folk and jazz tinged mayhem have already led to comparisons with June of 44 and Polvo. There have been riotous supports to Idlewild in Birmingham and London.
After the Strap was born in the drunken aftermath of a gig by Falkirk's finest band, Arab Strap. It's Beefheart remixing the Minutemen, Nirvana trashing the Soft Machine."

Feature 85 (NING92) March 2000

Double 7" and CD on Fierce Panda with The Junket, Jellicoe, Pachinos, Twentyseven and Caretaker.
Distributed by Vital.

Fiece Panda picked the wrong track from the tape! The track is listed as Beauty Scars on the release but is in fact Feature 85.

Stevie Chick in the NME: "A Fierce Panda-fashioned revolver packed with six bullets of elegant dischord....The highlight is The Starries' remarkable Beauty Scars, which is fractured, melodic hardcore with a vocal that sounds like Bob Mould at his most ragged."

The Years Are Hers EP (Bearos022) July 2001

7" single
Distributed by Cargo
1. The Years Are Hers
2. Foreign Age
3. Water Flow
4. Crying Girl (version)

From the press release: "This is The Starries' third release. The band have taken a six-month break and returned with a new drummer and a harder, more focussed sound. This release sees their sound come of age and their reputation cemented as the accessible side of the Birmingham Emo-core scene."