In late 2007, friends Michael Gooden and Jon Cook decided to focus and change directions from previous musical attempts and formed Shapes Stars Make. "Shapes Stars Make sound exactly the way you would expect a band with this name to sound like. The music is airy with gentle flickers that light up small and large. The music consumes the listener like the lights in the night sky and lets you dream out loud." (AbsolutePunk) Shapes Stars Make crafts emotionally-rich indie rock…

Claude says:Texas duo Michael Gooden and Jon Cook formed Shapes Stars Make in 2007, taking their emotionally-charged indie rock to producer John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You) for a self-titled debut recorded over six cold days in Texas. You caught it briefly in early 2009 — the band's balance of gentle post-rock shimmer and surprising volume hit for a month, then vanished from your rotation as quickly as it appeared.