Sandmoon is an indie-pop formation originating from Beirut, Lebanon which was initiated by singer/songwriter Sandra Arslanian. Their new mini-EP, Beirut-Berlin Session was released on March 8. “Shiny Star” is the first single from that release.
Loaded with Levantine mystery and promise, Teutonic discipline, tantalizing vocals, brash guitar and the devil’s own chamber orchestra, “Shiny Star” enchants with enough hints of sex and death to serve as the cinematic theme to a fictional, long-lost, unabashedly-cerebral, James Bond movie directed by Ingmar Bergman starring Cary Grant as England’s slickest spy. Give it at least eight or ten listens before deciding you love it.
