I have written a ton of short band bios for this website over the past few years. I consistently enjoy learning about new artists. I started writing for Myspoonful as a college student when I interned at the then-connected events company, Noise Pop, Inc. You can find all of my work at http://myspoonful.com/author/lauren/.
Hometown: London
For Fans Of: JJAMZ, Glass Candy
Categories: Indie, Pop, Electronic
Still Corners consists of Tessa Murray and Greg Hughes, who
are joined by friends Leon Dufficy and Luke Jarvis to expand on the record for
live shows. Hughes, main songwriter of Still Corners, seems to play around with
sound – seemingly letting the noise in his brain out via this record. His
partner Tessa breathes her vocals over the music, to create something
interesting – ready to pull even the most disinterested music listener into
their world.
Still Corners washes over your ears like a dream – all
ambience-laced indie and synth sounds with little sign of letting up. Sweet and
inspiring, the band’s new album Strange
Pleasures(Sub Pop) features a whole lot of harmonies, whispered, airy
vocals, and lyrics that aren’t so strange after all. Standout track “Berlin
Lovers” has the relatable (for anyone who has gone through a too long gloomy
winter) lines, “We can't see what's real/ We don't know the time/We only want
to feel the light, yeah.”
The band started in the late 2000s with a handful of
well-received EPs. Greg added female vocalist Tessa (whom he met at a train
stop) to the mix and things took off with debut LP Creatures of the Hour. Now the band has played all the right
festivals, dropped a new album last May on Sub Pop, and toured the world –
including stops in the US this week with CHVRCHES. Not bad for a group whose
core members met because they both took the wrong trains.