Silver Starling began as a project of Montreal-born singer-songwriter Marcus Paquin. Outside of creating his own music Marcus has been a recording engineer having worked with Stars, Torngat, Arcade Fire and many others for over 10 years since graduating with a Masters degree from McGill University.
Paquin met drummer Liam O'neill after seeing him perform at a free jazz show and the two soon began performing the songs together. Marika Anthony-Shaw (Paquin's wife) naturally joined the band as the third member adding violin, viola and keyboards. Read more on Last.fm