shira

Straight from the heart of New York City’s music scene, shira is making waves with their much-anticipated debut single, ‘always easy.’ Produced by Gordon Raphael (known for The Strokes) and engineered by Travis Harrison (Guided by Voices, Built to Spill), shira’s music is a blend of indie pop, dream pop and garage rock.

The track could easily be featured on Spotify’s playlists for Garage Rock Classics, Indie Garage Jams, Modern Garage Rock Hits, Garage Revival Vibes, and Lo-fi Garage Rock Gems.

This track is quickly becoming a favorite for 2023, ‘always easy’ captures the essence of living in a world of illusions, delivering a powerful mix of classic indie rock and enchanting shoegaze sounds. - Kings of A&R

Emerging from New York City’s legendary music scene, shira have recently shared their highly anticipated debut single, ‘always easy’. A song that perfectly showcases the trio’s unique blend of indie pop sensibilities with wall-of-sound tapestries, ‘always easy’ has quickly become one of our favourite tracks of 2023.

Crafted under the expert production of Gordon Raphael, renowned for his work with The Strokes, coupled with the engineering of Travis Harrison, known for his work with Guided by Voices and Built to Spill, shira’s debut is a riveting musical journey that will have you captivated from the very first note. Packed to the brim with lingering, emotive guitar work, raw emotions, and thought-provoking lyrics that hit in all the right places, the track is a stellar introduction to the rising band.

Capturing the essence of living in a world of comfortable illusions, everything about ‘always easy’ feels essential, radiating a powerful blend of classic indie rock and tantalizing shoegaze sounds. As the song progresses, each chorus bursts into life with a sense of warmth and hopefulness, adding new depth and colour to the song every time.

Available now on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music, ‘always easy’ is a fittingly impressive introduction to shira. - Broken 8 Records

An exciting new product of New York City’s music scene has arrived this year in the form of the trio called shira. Formed by the talents of Frankie Fowlkes on vocals and guitar, Ren Haas on drums and David Reichberg on bass, this band converges to create a melodic indie rock experience.
With dynamic drums, intricate guitars, warm basslines and lively vocal performances, shira distils their shared sonic vision into a completely new musical offering. Making a bold entry into the music scene this year, shira unveiled their debut single, “always easy.”
Produced by Gordon Raphael, renowned for his work with The Strokes and engineered by Travis Harrison, known for collaborations with Guided by Voices and Built to Spill, shira’s single serves up a riveting musical journey, perfectly suited for the winter season. Opened by the soft strums of clean guitar tones, Frankie’s engaging vocals enter, fluttering between hushed melodic stretches and bursts of commanding rhythmic moments as the arrangement builds energy around his voice. - Plastic

My musical taste has been all over the place today which is why “perfect blue” from shira is hitting me so perfectly right now.

Although this could be called just an alt-rock song, I feel like that description doesn’t do this song or band justice. “perfect blue” has a bit of everything in it from an alt-rock base to the nods to everything from blues to post-hardcore. It’s a chaotic song if you think about it just with the stark changes in mood and styles yet shira pulls it off so perfectly and has found ways to blend everything together into a cohesive sound. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is but I love the way this song seems to lay-out a days worth of emotion in just a quick two and a half minutes. Whether you lean into the more sensitive and sung portions of this track or feel like the shouted and more aggressive moments are fitting a bit better, “perfect blue” will hit you and shira’s sound and name will surely stick with you. - Girl at the Rock Shows