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Still Corners share the seven-minute desert-noir odyssey 'Far Rider'
February 22nd 2022. Ahead of a massive tour throughout Europe and the US this Spring, Still Corners have released ‘Far Rider’.
With the sun at its peak a weary desert traveller picks their way across the soft sandy floor trying to forget a lost love or maybe a past best forgotten. Crystal clear guitar lines drift in and out as the bass weaves and snakes over a tight drum beat. Tessa Murray croons steady as a pulse, as the song winds like a caravan toward the orange horizon.
Tessa explains, “This song is about leaving, lost love and finding yourself somewhere on the journey, really it’s about redemption. I recently drove 6000 miles across the southwest to feel the sun on my face and think. We used the dreamlike nature of the song to capture the landscape and a hypnotic feel to conjure up the long and lonely travel days.”
You can listen to the single on all streaming sites and purchase the single on Bandcamp now.
Still Corners share vibrant new single "Heavy Days" and announce US Tour and rescheduled European dates
September 14th 2021. Following the release of their widescreen, transportive fifth studio album THE LAST EXIT in January of 2021, dream-pop auteurs Still Corners return with a welcome bid for hope in the form of sweeping, propulsive new track "Heavy Days". Contrary to the the literal weight of its title, "Heavy Days" emanates light and optimism, its energetic musicality imploring the listener to continue moving forward, not to be bogged down by the shadows and to bask in the beauty of each moment.
Tessa from the band comments on the track: "Sometimes it all feels like too much, there's a lot to take in reading the news all the time. We wanted to write a reminder to put the phone down now and again and get out there and live life to the fullest while you can."
After such a hiatus from the road, the band are also thrilled to announce a triumphant return to the live stage, with both an expansive US tour slated for spring of 2022 and rescheduled dates in Europe. Dates are listed below and you will find all the details on the band's website. US tickets go live on 16th September!
Europe*
2nd April – Athens, Greece @ Gagarin 205
4th April – Lille, France @ L'Aeronef
5th April – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
6th April – Sint-Niklaas, Belgium @ De Casino
7th April – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Q-Factory
10th April – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil
11th April – Hamburg, Germany @ Grünspan
12th April – Köln, Germany @ Gebäude9
13th April – Berlin, Germany @ Heimathafen
14th April – Leipzig, Germany @ UT Connwitz
15th April – Prague, Czech Republic @ Meetfactory
16th April – Vienna, Austria @ Flex Café
18th April – Zagreb, Croatia @ Boogaloo
19th April – Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Kino Šiška
20th April – Milan, Italy @ Magnolia
25th April – Dublin, Ireland @ Pepper Canister Church
26th April – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Stereo
27th April – Leeds, United Kingdom @ The Brudenell Social Club
28th April –Manchester, United Kingdom @ YES
29th April – London, United Kingdom @ EartH Theatre
United States
18th May – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ Underground Arts
19th May – Vienna, Virginia @ Jammin Java
20th May – Durham, North Carolina @ Motorco
21st May – Atlanta, Georgia @ Aisle 5
22nd May – Tampa, Florida @ Crowbar
26th May – Dallas, Texas @ Deep Ellum Arts Co
27th May – Austin, Texas @ The Parish
30th May – Phoenix, Arizona @ Rebel Lounge
31st May – San Diego, California @ Soda Bar
1st June – Santa Ana, California @ The Observatory
2nd June – Los Angeles, California @ Echoplex
3rd June – San Francisco, California @ Great Northern
5th June – Portland, Oregon @ Mississippi Studios
6th June – Seattle, Washington @ The Crocodile
8th June – Boise, Idaho @ Neurolux
9th June – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
11th June – Denver, Colorado @ Lost Lake
14th June – Chicago, Illinois @ Lincoln Hall
16th June – New York, New York @ LPR
17th June – Hamden, Connecticut @ Space Ballroom
18th June – Allston, Massachusetts @ Brighton Music Hall
* If you bought tickets for an October show, your tickets will still be valid for the new date
Still Corners THE LAST EXIT released to critical acclaim
22nd January 2021. THE LAST EXIT was released to critical acclaim. You can listen to the album and buy on limited edition crystal clear vinyl, CD and exclusive t-shirt designs now.
PASTE MAGAZINE
"smoky, spaghetti-Western guitar plumes, turning film-noir to color"
BROOKLYN VEGAN
"Hughes' production is perfect, with arrangements that make restrained use of theremin and whistling to great effect, and Murray's voice hangs in the air like the Marfa lights."
AMERICAN SONGWRITER ****
"Still Corners stitches a seamless amalgamation of lyrics, vocals, production and song composition, all of which makes The Last Exit an early contender for one of 2021’s finest, and most enduring releases—one to listen to, absorb and bask in."
THE QUIETUS
"it conjures widescreen vistas, windswept badlands and moments of high drama"
MOJO ****
"when she ends A Kiss Before Dying with a curt "It's all over now", it sounds like the end of everything"."
UNCUT 8/10
"Duo find beauty in the wilderness"
ALL MUSIC ****
"a fitting soundtrack for getting lost on the open road."
THE DAILY EXPRESS ****
"Wonderfully dusty desert twang"
GOD IS IN THE TV 9/10
""so damned good that I can’t listen to anything else right now""
BACKSEAT MAFIA 9/10
"A magical journey of mystery, romance and isolation".
LOUDER THAN WAR
"‘The Last Exit’ evokes abandoned dime store towns, mirage like shapes melting in the distance of dreamy Americana, and right now that escapism is just what we need."
THE REVUE
"Desert-noir / dream-pop duo Still Corners stunningly and poignantly explore humanity’s plight on their dazzling new album, ‘The Last Exit’."
Still Corners announce The Last Exit European Tour
January 21st 2021. Still Corners are planning a return to Europe in support of The Last Exit. All tour dates are below. Ticket links are available here.
03/10/21 – Pepper Canister Church – Dublin (EIR)
04/10/21 – Manchester (UK)
05/10/21 – Stereo – Glasgow (UK)
06/10/21– The Brudenell Social Club – Leeds (UK)
07/10/21 – Earth Theatre – London (UK)
10/10/21– L’Aeronef – Lille (F)
11/10/21 – La Maroquinerie – Paris (F)
12/10/21 – De Casino – Sint-Niklaas (B)
13/10/21 – Q-Factory – Amsterdam (NL)
14/10/21 – Gebäude9 – Köln (D)
15/10/21 – Mojo - Hamburg (D)
16/10/21 – Hotel Cecil – Copenhagen (DK)
18/10/21 – Heimathafen – Berlin (D)
19/10/21 – Meetfactory – Prague (CZ)
20/10/21 – Flex Café – Vienna (A)
21/10/21 – Boogaloo – Zagreb (Croatia)
22/10/21 – Kino Siska – Ljubljana (SL)
23/10/21 – Magnolia – Milan (I)
24/10/21 – Gagarin 205 – Athens (GR)
Still Corners showcase soaring new single ‘White Sands’
January 12th 2021. Following on from the huge acclaim they have received for their previously shared singles ‘Crying’ and the record’s title-track, Still Corners have now released ‘White Sands’ from their highly-anticipated fifth album THE LAST EXIT, out on 22nd January 2021 via Wrecking Light Records.
A desert-noir soundtrack in miniature, ‘White Sands’ tells a classic ghost story of a phantom who roams the dunes and highways scaring travellers as they cross the land. Tessa Murray croons over a quick beat, clean-tone guitar and shimmering atmospherics.
On THE LAST EXIT, Still Corners return with a sweeping album about the open road. Consisting of eleven beautifully crafted songs with organic instrumentation, romantic guitar lines, spacious drums and the wistful melancholy voice of Tessa Murray, THE LAST EXIT evokes the vast space of the desert and rolling unconcerned skies.
Pre-order The Last Exit on Bandcamp and iTunes and get digital copies of the first two singles now. You can also pre-order the album on limited edition crystal clear vinyl with download code and exclusive mosaic poster, black vinyl and download code and digipak CD, along with exclusive t-shirt designs here.
Still Corners release Crying, second single from 'THE LAST EXIT'
October 27th 2020. With their highly-anticipated new album ‘THE LAST EXIT’ due out on the 22nd January 2021, Still Corners unveil their latest single ‘Crying’.
Following on from the album’s title-track, which was released in September, ‘Crying’ sees them bring back more of that rich and ambient aesthetic they are known for. With its sweet yet sombre intention, their newest offering delivers a strong and heartfelt return that perfectly reflects their own personal and intimate direction.
Written during the pandemic, the band’s Tessa Murray explains, "The only constant in life is change, this song is about a breakup during a difficult time but it's also about coping with a fast moving uncertain world. Our video shows the immense universe and inevitable change of the seasons. Everything is in flux and that's the only thing that is certain."
Pre-order The Last Exit on Bandcamp and iTunes and get digital copies of the first two singles now. You can also pre-order the album on limited edition crystal clear vinyl with download code and exclusive mosaic poster, black vinyl and download code and digipak CD, along with exclusive t-shirt designs here.
Still Corners announce new album ‘The Last Exit’, out 22nd January 2021 via Wrecking Light Records
September, 16 2020 - THE LAST EXIT is the fifth studio album from Still Corners, which will be released on 22nd January 2021 on Wrecking Light Records.
With the shimmering desert noir sound the band has become known for, THE LAST EXIT takes you on a hypnotic journey, one filled with dilapidated towns, mysterious shapes on the horizon, and long trips that blur the line between what’s there and not there. Greg says, “We found something out there in the desert – something in the vast landscapes that went on forever."
THE LAST EXIT consists of eleven beautifully crafted songs with organic instrumentation, clean-toned guitar, spacious drums and the smoky croon of Tessa Murray. Album highlights include “The Last Exit”, “White Sands” and “Shifting Dunes” all of which evoke the vast space of the desert and rolling unconcerned skies.
The album was brought further into focus by the pandemic when almost everything was forced to stop. Tessa explains, “There's always something at the end of the road and for us it was this album. Our plans were put on hold – an album set for release, tours, video shoots, travel. We’d been touring nonstop for years, but we were forced to pause everything. We thought the album was finished but with the crisis found new inspiration and started writing again.”
It was in this context that songs like ‘Crying’, ‘Static”, ‘Till We Meet Again’ were written, reflecting on the impact of isolation and the need for social contact and intimacy.
First single, ‘The Last Exit’ is the final chapter of the Still Corners’ Road Trilogy. What began with ‘The Trip’ and was followed by ‘The Message’ concludes with the stunning ‘The Last Exit’. The video, inspired by the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock, finds Tessa pulled into the mysterious rocks of Joshua Tree. Tessa explains -
"In a world where everyone thinks all the corners of the map are filled in we like to suggest there's something beyond that, something eternal in the landscape and in our psyche. Maybe you don't see it every day but it's there and that's what we are trying to connect to."
With a galloping beat, teardrop vocals and silver-tone guitar, The Last Exit races down a lonely highway to destination unknown. Elegant and searching with a grand piano ending, The Last Exit will remind you of another world beyond the one you see.
Still Corners releases Live in Studio sessions, recorded at Abbey Road Studios
November 25, 2019 - Still Corners has released Live in Studio sessions, including a cover of Richard & Linda Thompson's track "The Calvary Cross" and a reworking of Slow Air cut "Black Lagoon", both tracks were recorded live at London's legendary Abbey Road Studios in June 2019.
Still Corners to play first Asia tour and biggest ever European tour
January 22, 2019 - Still Corners have announced their first ever Asian tour in early April 2019 followed closely by their largest ever European tour in May and June.
"We are very excited to be visiting Asia for the first time, it's been a dream of ours since the beginning. It's an absolute pleasure to return to Europe as well. We're very much looking forward to playing for you all soon." -Tessa
Tickets for the Still Corners Asia and European tour are available here.
Still Corners' SLOW AIR officially released today
August 17, 2018 - Still Corners' 4th album SLOW AIR has been officially released today!
You can now buy LPs and CDs at your local record shop and you can order vinyl, CDs and t-shirts from us here: www.stillcorners.com/shop
Listen/buy online from all streaming sites
Apple Music/iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/slow-air/1402912569
Bandcamp: https://stillcorners.bandcamp.com/album/slow-air
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0dpT4eWbisGVXyLkA3NBwc
Still Corners announce new single The Message
The Message is the third single from Still Corners upcoming album SLOW AIR. The Message is a song about leaving someone and telling them on voicemail. Atmospheric clean-tone guitar mixes with Tessa Murray's voice as it floats over a lonesome highway recording.
Pre-order 180 gram vinyl, CDs and t-shirts here. Digital pre-order on Bandcamp.
Still Corners announce new single The Photograph
The Photograph is the second single from Still Corners upcoming August 17, 2018 release SLOW AIR. The Photograph is an elegant darkly romantic torch song dedicated to a lover long gone, only a photograph left to remind. Simmering clean-tone electric guitar mixed with huge bended distorted licks collide with Tessa Murray's vocals crooning softly on the verse and digging in more on the chorus to create an emotional tapestry about lost love."
The accompanying visuals have Tessa striking out along a lonesome highway to a destination unknown. The black and white film was captured by the band in the Arizona desert
Pre-order 180 gram vinyl, CDs and t-shirts here. Digital pre-order on Bandcamp.
Still Corners announce SLOW AIR TOUR
Still Corners have announced North American and European tour dates for the SLOW AIR TOUR 2018.
September
Thursday 6th - Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's, tickets
Friday 7th - Norfolk, VA – Charlie's American Café, tickets
Saturday 8th - Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Festival, tickets
Sunday 9th - Washington, DC – DC9, tickets
Tuesday 18th - Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere, tickets
Wednesday 19th - Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz, tickets
Thursday 20th - Toronto, ON – Hard Luck, tickets
Friday 21st - Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern, tickets
Saturday 22nd - Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme, tickets
Sunday 23rd - Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen, tickets
Tuesday 25th - Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club, tickets
October
Thursday 25th - Austin, TX – Barracuda, tickets
Sunday 28th - Tucson, AZ – Club Congress, tickets
Monday 29th - Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge, tickets
Tuesday 30th - San Diego, CA – Casbah, tickets
Wednesday 31st - Tustin, CA – Marty's On Newport, tickets
November
Thursday 1st - Los Angeles, CA – Resident, tickets
Friday 2nd - San Francisco, CA – Neck of the Woods, tickets
Sunday 4th - Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge, tickets, tickets
Monday 5th - Seattle, WA – Sunset, tickets
Tuesday 6th - Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret, tickets
Monday 19th - Sofia, Bulgaria – Central Military Club
Tuesday 20th - Bucharest, Romania – Control Club
Wednesday 21st - Athens, Greece – Gagarin 205
Friday 23rd - Zürich, Switzerland – Bogen F, tickets
Sunday 25th - Madrid, Spain – Costello Club, tickets
Monday 26th - Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz 3, tickets
Tuesday 27th - Paris, France – Espace B, tickets
Wednesday 28th - Amiens, France – La Lune Des Pirates, tickets
Thursday 29th - London, UK – Pickle Factory, tickets
Friday 30th - Bristol, UK – The Louisiana, tickets
December
Saturday 1st - Newcastle Upon Tyne, Star & Shadow Cinema, tickets
Sunday 2nd - Glasgow, UK – Broadcast, tickets
Monday 3rd - Manchester, UK – YES, tickets
Tuesday 4th - Oxford, UK – O2 Academy2 Oxford, tickets
Thursday 6th - Groningen, The Netherlands – Vera, tickets
Friday 7th - The Hague, The Netherlands – PAARD, tickets
Saturday 8th - Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Q-Factory, tickets
Still Corners new album Slow Air announced
Pre-order 180 gram vinyl, CDs and t-shirts here. Digital pre-order on Bandcamp.
SLOW AIR is the fourth album by Still Corners, released on Wrecking Light on 17th August 2018. Evoking the atmospheric sounds Still Corners are known for, Slow Air continues the band's journey with an album full of tension and brooding all the while wrapped in a reverb laden dream.
Written in the hill country in Austin, Texas, Slow Air nods towards a classic sound with emphasis on the guitar, both acoustic and electric, combined with the alluring and ghostly voice of Tessa Murray. The songs are rounded out with live drums and minimal synthesisers with all the mistakes kept in for maximum human feel and emotion.
"We wanted to hear beautiful guitar and drums and an otherworldliness, something almost indefinable along with a classic song writing vibe. We're always trying to get the sound we hear inside of ourselves, so we moved fast to avoid our brains getting in the way too much. The name Slow Air evokes the feel of the album to me, steady, eerie and beautiful." Tessa Murray
The album title is derived from the sultry heat in Texas which causes everything and everyone to slow down. While writing Slow Air, Still Corners found inspiration in the change of leaving England for the States and traveling around the massive expanse that is North America from the deserts of Texas and Arizona to the beaches of California and mountainous regions of the north east.
Recorded in a new studio designed by Greg Hughes in Austin, TX, Still Corners focused on a recording process that was as fluid and minimal as possible. Using a variety of microphones both old and new, the band recorded and mixed this new set of songs in three months. Keeping everything fresh and not over-thinking moved the album to the finish line faster than any album Still Corners had written and recorded before. Joe Laporta made the finishing touches at Sterling Sound in NYC.
Black Lagoon, the lead single/video from Slow Air has the band on a journey from the desert to the ocean in search of a lost eden. Filmed over a month in Texas, Arizona and California and shot on a small handheld cinema camera, the band travels across America in a white mustang convertible searching and reaching into the unknown.
The band will be touring in North America and Europe this autumn.
Still Corners release Dead Blue on Wrecking Light Records
Order here. Also available on iTunes and Bandcamp.
DEAD BLUE was the third album from Still Corners, released on Wrecking Light on September 16, 2016. Written on the coast of south England by the sea, Dead Blue finds the band exploring a more mechanical synthesised sound with live drums, electric guitar, Moog and a rich vocal performance from Tessa Murray.
All songs were written and performed by Tessa Murray and Greg Hughes, with drums from Neil Bullock (Broadcast). The album was mixed by Greg Hughes and mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound with original artwork by James Flames.