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FALLSTARS basically means Fallible All-Stars: the type of talented and confident people who strive for success in the face of constant failure and self-doubt. We chose the name because of the inherent hypocrisy in popular music. These artists are elevated to superstar status and then faulted for being human. We too wanted to be stars, but grounded in reality. And sometimes mediocrity; regular stars. The band consists of singer-songwriter Stu Groen, drummer Tash Adams (She Rex), and rapper Terry Newman (206collab), a cross-genre collaboration straddling Sydney and New York City. One track into the project, Stu passed away tragically. A year later, his brother granted access to his laptop where one hundred odd sessions, from sketches to fully fleshed songs, were preserved. Some were produced specifically for Fallstars; the best were selected and became the basis of six emotionally diverse tracks. Themes of love and loss were befitting considering the aching hole Stu left behind, and