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375 Media

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Limited edition

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Extended format: No

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Signed copies: No

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Download code: No

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Bonus disc: No

Release date

2011-10-14

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50334

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98787094015

50335

98787094022

Artist

Still Corners

Label EU

Sub Pop

Genre EU

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Still Corners is the project of Greg Hughes and Tessa Murray. The group formed shortly after Hughes, an American expatriate, met Murray by chance at a London train stop in 2007.
Together, they have created a unique sound that blends dreamy pop with elements of shoegaze and electronic music. Their ethereal vocals and atmospheric instrumentals transport listeners to another world.
With their captivating melodies and introspective lyrics, Still Corners has gained a dedicated following around the globe. Their albums, including "Creatures of an Hour" and "Slow Air," have received critical acclaim and continue to resonate with fans.

Short for "Subterranean Pop" 

The label was an outgrowth of [a=Bruce Pavitt]'s Olympia, WA based (print) fanzine, which became the well respected cassettezine of the same name. 

After his move to Seattle he ran a music column in the Seattle Rocket also called Sub Pop.

After initial forays into the record label world with a [a=Green River] 7" (not officially on Sub Pop) and the Sub Pop 100 LP, the label exploded onto the indie scene with four influential colored vinyl 7"s which included [a=Mudhoney]'s "Touch Me I'm Sick" which made the year-end top 10 playlist of nearly every music journalist in the world.

Subsequent hyping of the label in the English music press put them on the map, and grunge was born.

Label-Code is 03159; rarely found printed on releases (basically only on releases manufactured/licensed by Warner/WEA Germany)

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'creatures of an hour', the debut full-length by still corners, glows with the delicate vocals of singer tessa murray and the atmospheric, cinematic influences of songwriter greg hughes. still corners capture both the youthful tone of french new wave and the unease of italian horror, from the projections (created by band member leon dufficy) that feature heavily in their live performances, to the free-floating grace of 'creatures of an hour'. "there're just certain things in certain movies, like older horror movies and other foreign films, that you see sometimes. they just have a certain vibe and atmosphere," says hughes. "all these little bits, these tiny moments. that's what i was trying to go back to. to bottle that up and put it into a song." recorded at hughes' own studio in greenwich, the devil is truly in the details of 'creatures of an hour'. fusing whispered intimacy to the emotional expansiveness of composer ennio morricone, hughes crafts deceptively simple songs that linger like half-remembered dreams. lead single 'cuckoo' shines in its simplicity, a single drumbeat, ghostly guitar, and distant organ highlighting murray's haunting soprano as she asks, "i'd like to read your mind / can you read mine?" "it's about confusion," explains hughes. "it's about being confused. am i going crazy? does this person like me? what's happening? that's the vibe of the whole record really." for the time being, hughes is happy to maintain still corners' musical mystery. "i don't like to talk too much on decoding the songs. it takes the mystery away," he says. reviewers like gorilla vs. bear, pitchfork and drowned in sound however have proven more than happy to sing the praises of the pop beauty of still corners. so grab some popcorn and stick around - for still corners this is just act one.

rough trade east in-store - still corners - tuesday 11th october, 7pm

Creatures Of An Hour

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