From the Philippines to Scotland, to Nashville and Detriot, C. SHIROCK – the solo project of Chuck Shirock – has travelled and lived in varied spots across the globe, yet his music, undeniably an extension of those places and his experiences there is cohesive, streamlined, and purposeful. His slick, intelligent pop is rooted in the synth-heavy work of Bowie, Peter Gabriel, and The Cure, but it also glimmers with modernity; a beacon of romanticism in increasingly harsh times. A perfect snapshot of this sensibility is Shirock’s recent single, “All We Have is This Moment”, which dropped on April 10, 2020. The ethereal tune is a plea to hold onto the present moment, not in a hedonistic or nihilistic sense, but as an exploration of the surprising tranquillity found in admitting fra...