Album Notes

Basement Stories, the debut album from Chicago's Zerostars, is a carefully refined and gorgeously arranged ten song rumination on failure, hope, and redemption.

Recorded over a nearly two-year period at The Brill Basement Recording Studio (co-produced and engineered by Garret Hammond), Basement Stories finds singer/songwriter Jason Moody hinting at Ray Davies' styled storytelling poetics with bits of Morrissey's tuneful melodic wit.

Formed in 2001, Zerostars features Jason Moody on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Scott Kallstrand on bass, and Mikey Shin on guitar and harmony vocals. Garret Hammond, formerly of Kill Hannah, provided drums and assorted percussion on Basement Stories.

Prior to Basement Stories, Zerostars released The Good Can't Escape, a six song EP that garnered national attention when NPR featured the bossa nova inspired track Smoking in Bed on the weekly "Discover Songs Open Mic" series.

On reviewing The Good Can't Escape, pluginmusic.com wrote, "Zerostars step out with an understated sound that quietly makes its mark without forcing itself on the listener. The band’s light, poppy rock sound leaves plenty of room for expanding and increasing their sound to cover more and different ground. Zerostars will not escape."

Junkmedia.com called The Good Can't Escape, "A very promising EP," and called the title track, "a highlight, blending a skipping melody and lovely harmonies in a confection that echoes both Coldplay and the Pastels." Zerostars have received radio attention on local radio stations WLUW and WXRT.