Marker Starling

The sole vision of Toronto keyboardist/vocalist Chris A. Cummings, Marker Starling make laid-back pop that draws on soft rock and early-'70s singer/songwriters. Often featuring sparse musical backing that consists of electric piano and a rickety drum machine, the songs are closely drawn portraits of love, loss, and life sung by Cummings in an intimate croon. The project's recordings are stark and beautiful bedroom pop, whether showing off Cummings' skill as an interpreter of other's songs (2016's I'm Willing) or as a songwriter himself (2018's Trust an Amateur).