StarAV covers “Waiting So Long”

Australian artist StarAV has come a long way since he first started making music in 2020. Drawing influence from a wide range of artists and genres, currently he cites the likes of Radiohead, Arca and Corbin as his main inspirations.

With softly soaring vocal delivery and delicate arrangements of guitars, synths and orchestral instrumentation, he crafts an intimate and immersive sound that sits at the crossroads between dream pop and indie rock. After making his debut last year with the single “Endless”, he’s followed up with a handful of superb tracks as well as his debut EP The End, collaborating with artists such as Kirk, Faithloss and SoMuchSoul along the way.

Now, coming off the back of his track “Unseen” on which StarAV linked with artist venice lockjaw, he brings us his latest release with a new cover of the Silver Fins song “Waiting So Long”. Originally featured as the outro music for the Berserk anime series in 1997, both the song and the TV show covered themes of struggle against fate on the path to realising goals and finding pease, sentiments that are reflected heavily in the music.

Looking to orchestral and emo music for sonic muse, with his cover of “Waiting So Long” StarAV lays down a euphoric and spacey sound to re-imagine the original through his own creative lens. Big roomy drums drive the energy with a melancholic arrangement backing up his emotive vocal style to create a worthy take on the original song.

Listen to Waiting So Long below