STARRY EYES – ‘Ciao Bella II’ [EP] [Album Review]

SoCal grunge/pop/rock outfit STARRY EYES recently released their EP, Ciao Bella II, a collection of songs mirroring the band’s heartrending emotional response to the loss of drummer Matthew Scoggins and frontman Kyle Tekiela’s coping with his father’s heroin addiction. Tekiela shares, “Ciao Bella II is our way of honoring Matthew and all the beauty and pain he brought into our lives, as well as confronting my own struggles with my father’s addiction. It’s a somber farewell to the past and an optimistic look toward what’s to come. We’ve poured our hearts into these tracks, turning our grief and personal battles into a celebration of life even in the darkest of times.” Ciao Bella II is also the soundtrack to a new True Crime Podcast scheduled to premiere early next year. Produced by iHeart R...

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