The Stills sign to DiS and do the whole tour bit with Kings Of Leon
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The Stills return to the UK this month with their own headline shows, in between joining Kings Of Leon on their UK tour as the main support.
The Canadian pop-rockers release new album Without Feathers on Drowned In Sound Recordings - that’d be us, then – on June 4, with a single, ‘Destroyer’, released on May 14. It’s dead good, you can watch the video here.
The band will rush back from a Swindon support slot with ver Kings to play a special signing party for DiS at London Water Rats on April 14, their first gig in the capital for three years.
Recorded in their home town of Montreal - but not Of Montreal, that would just be stupid - the album features support from a cavalcade of canuck compatriots, including Metric's Emily Haines, Sam Roberts and various members of Broken Social Scene.
It has been memorably described by DiS resident idiot-savant Samuel Strang as "more sophomore" than their first album. Live dates:
April
14 Swindon Oasis
14 London Water Rats (headline show, doors 10pm; buy tickets)
15 Plymouth Pavillions
16 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
17 Leeds Cockpit (headline show)
18 London Hammersmith Apollo
19 Birmingham Academy
20 Manchester Apollo
21 Oxford Zodiac (headline show)
22 Newcastle Academy
23 Doncaster Dome
24 Glasgow Academy
25 Birmingham Bar Academy (headline show)
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I'll be off to the gig on the 14th
It's a DiS all-dayer on the 14th...
...what with Youthmovies playing RoTa earlier in the day!
yep
fanclub-esque show aside.
I'm increasingly disturbed
by bands playing gigs in SWINDON
and not Bristol
me 3...
:)
yep
swindon has undergone a certain rejuvination lately, oddly enough!
good news !
But I'd think most of the fans, would have already bought the album on import...
its sold
about 2,000 on import.
last album sold about 25,000 copies.
it's quite hard to buy imports nowadays, especially at an affordable price.
I think that's attributed more
to the fact that the second album isn't anywhere near as good as their debut...
american imports
are often cheaper than french releases here...
Good luck with them, they deserve it.
That second album is far better than people say it is !
It's not a bad record
It's just not a particularly good record either, especially when you compare it to the first one, which is.
It's not particularly good
This album came out here in Canada a year or so ago and it's pretty weak (the overall reaction in the press was extremely lukewarm and indifferent). I hate to dis DiS, but I can't see the Still doing the label much good. The biggest problem is that Without Feathers doesn't even sound like the same band from 2003 (that's a bad thing). They should have stuck with the Interpol-aping sound instead of a real humdrum MOR college rock schtick. It's definitely what I prefer...
the band are called
'of Montreal' now, instead of 'Of Montreal' 'FYI'.
oh
no wonder i couldn't find this album in Britain after it was released Stateside
I had
both albums on import (in Fopp) and Without Feathers is unbelievably bad, expecially if you think this is the band that gave us a masterpiece like Logic....
Personally.....
...I wasn't even a big fan of their first album, so if their second effort is worse, than no thanks.
Opening song on "Logic Will...." was brilliant, though. Not a good idea to put the best song you'll ever make as the 1st track of your 1st album.
Ey? I got Without Feathers from HMV last Summer?
Must've been an import. I wondered what the whole FBI anti-piracy label was about.
It's not as good as the first.
They messed with the formula and the result is
best described as bland. 'Halo the Harpoons' is well worth a download though.
I'M
IN IRELAND ON THE 14TH! SHIT! as much as i dislike the second album their last london gig at 93feeteast was stunning
What??????
this was released last year....?!
1st album was a masterpiece
This one, have had for quite a long time. Originally listened once and then stayed away. But after giving it a fair shot, honestly, its pretty good. Immesurably different; a little over delicate perhaps. But actually, once accepted into your system, pretty good. I may try get to Oxford. Saw them there supported by Walkmen few years back (one of the best gigs ever).
i just read this whole article and thread
thinking it was about 'The Shins' and being really confused
The Stills
were great, nothing innovative or whatever but the first album was reliable Indie that went down very well for me. Gave the second album one listen and it was shit - whoever said it doesn't sound like the same band are right. They sound watered down, tis a shame....
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