Still Corners - Creatures of an Hour (CD, Vinyl LP)

Wine. You want to drink this album down with a wine. I dunno how exactly I'm supposed to feel about this collection of demure chamber melancholia & atmospheric indie chiming? 'Creatures of an Hour' appears to combine the hugely popular breathy introversion of bands such as Warpaint or Beach House & the cinematic sensuality of Broadcast and early Electrelane without remotely looking like a twat! That takes a special band and I reckon Still Corners might be just that. To load your songs with this much atmosphere without being overtly gothic, pretentious or otherwise sterile is a miracle. This London four-piece are somehow "brilliant" whilst neither particularly caring nor trying; dreamy hooks and longing melodies course through my mind leaving me in a most blissful state! There's nothing hugely new about this music but fuck the futurists, Still Corners on their debut big record provide a really warm, intimate yet detached & sad pop outing infused with smoky pulses, ethereal regret & effortless pop nous, I for one feel a happier man after tuning in....x