STILL CORNERS play the Drake October 25. See listing. Rating: NNN
A series of 7-inch singles released last year landed London-based group Still Corners on the prestigious Sub Pop label, and on their debut full-length it’s not hard to hear why. The band’s romantic drone of whispery melodies, undulating rhythms and psyched-out autumnal soundscapes is exactly what you’d expect from songs with titles like Circulars, Endless Summer, Velveteen and The Twilight Hour.
It’s introverted music for those lonely and less than romantic bus trips to the suburbs. But despite the beautiful arrangements, it’s hard to shake the notion that Still Corners, like a lot of new indie bands, haven’t yet risen above the sum of their influences: movie music, Morricone, Slowdive, Broadcast, Nancy Sinatra.
Still, it does the trick.
Top track: I Wrote In Blood
