It all begins back in January 1999. Amidst another long cold Minnesota winter, songwriter Bryan Loften is going stir-crazy in his South Minneapolis home. He wants it to be sunny. He wants to go outside. The depths of winter have set in. It is out of this seasonal desolation that Moviestars are born.

Since it is far too cold to be out and about, Bryan sits up in his room and plays guitar... a lot. He is coming up with a unique sound, writing truly genuine songs about what he experiences living day to day and getting by. A lot of the feeling in his songs are transcending through what he has musically going on - not always giving these songs any lyrics.

The end result: an album like no other. It is a very difficult record to describe. It has elements of pop music, but it really isn't pop music. It has echoes of Bob Dylan's influence, but it's really not Dylanesque. Is it "alternative"? What is "alternative" anymore?