About Sine Star Project
Sine Star Project Succeed in Building Humans! After a period of hibernation from live performance, but immense creativity in the studio, Sine Star Project kick-start 2008 with their second album ‘Building Humans’, the follow up to their acclaimed debut album ‘Blue Born Earth Boy’.
Building Humans is full of tremendously diverse songs that sit comfortably together, unified by Peter J Croissant’s beautifully delivered vocal melodies and propelled by dramatic, bombastic arrangements. It follows the credo that more is more; it’s an ambitious record featuring over 35 guest musicians supplying stirring strings and featuring a complete brass band in addition to the small arsenal of instruments played by Sine Star Project themselves.
The overall impact is highly charged, emotional music delivered in a grandiose style. Sine Star Project’s influences are hard to pin down, a few elements point to some of the great classical composers, but rock influences are also apparent including Queen, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, Muse, Tool and Pink Floyd to name but a few.
Bleeding Like A Dog is the first track on Building Humans and also the first single to be taken from the album. It’s an outlandish concoction of music and words, somehow combining the catchiest chorus with some of the most desperate, apocalyptic words. The accompanying B-side is a re-imagining of the Bjork track ‘Army of me’, recorded on four grand pianos!
The Builder of Building Humans Sine Star Project’s first album, ‘Blue Born Earth Boy’ was released on One Little Indian in early 2006 to widespread critical acclaim.
• Q magazine: A remarkably varied backdrop sprinkles colour into his dark world. A beautifully fashioned debut. JOHN AIZLEWOOD **** Q Recommends. • Rock Sound: One big show-off of an album from a very talented songwriter backed by a band that can match his ambition. 7/10.
That album was a cathartic recording project: a set of songs that examined the grief of Peter J Croissant after the death of a close friend. Though understandably introspective, the powerful songs took the listener on a journey through his recent experiences.
Building Humans contrasts with the first album, it still contains introspective elements but looks beyond the self to the outside world and examines the place of each of us within it. Building Humans is the sound of a writer that has worked through his problems and now has a more constructive and positive outlook. As per the debut album, Building Humans has been recorded, mixed and produced by Croissant at his studio in Southampton.
Following a nationwide tour in 2005/2006, Sine Star Project have continued to gig around the country and the line up of Croissant (guitar and piano), Mike Davies (guitars), Ben Rowley (bass), Matt Shmigelsky (drums) and Nathan Thomas (Keyboards) are developing a fearsome live reputation amongst those in the know.
The phrase ‘best kept secret’ may be bandied around a fair bit, but in the case of Sine Star Project it’s quite appropriate. A band of formidable talents, they are becoming increasingly recognised by fellow musicians and are unlikely to stay a secret for too much longer.
