Starcharm Release New Single/Video "Fake Blood" via Angel Tapes !
Today, Starcharm — the Chicago band fronted by Elena Buenrostro — present their new single/video, “Fake Blood. “Fake Blood” is a brooding track, following a trail of singles and performances which have earned Starcharm praise from Pigeons & Planes, Alternative Press, Chicago Reader and more. Though only having formed Starcharm in 2025, Buenrostro has been a staple of Chicago’s much-discussed alternative rock scene as the former frontwoman of Soft & Dumb. After dissolving that project in late 2023, Buenrostro began crafting new material as Starcharm. Shortly after, Sarcharm signed to Fire Talk Records’ emerging artists imprint Angel Tapes, home to fellow Chicago upstarts Sleeper’s Bell, ira glass and Immaterialize, as well as New York City’s shower curtain and Retail Drugs.
“Fake Blood” is spellbinding and introspective, continuing along Starcharm’s path of explosively confessional rock. “I’m so over it,” Buenrostro wails atop screeching guitars and death march percussion. The moody and stunning “Fake Blood” is presented alongside a self-directed video. Edited by Alexander Trevino and styled by Maya Buenrostro, Starcharm’s “Fake Blood” music video collages eerie and evocative footage of Buenrostro haunting Chicago’s beaches, parking lots, and kitchen floors.
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