Watch: The Stills 'Being Here'
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If you visit the DiS Music Forum at any given time there's always a thread about beloved bands who deserve more love. These usually include the likes of dEUS, The Longpigs, Electric Eel Shock, Longwave but amongst various other constants you'll also always hear people sing the praises of The Stills.
My love for this band has been disclosed publicly on various occasions by myself and by others, following an obsession with their debut album that was of serious housemate-bothering proportions... And then DiS Records was lucky enough to release their follow-up Without Feathers, which despite some unconvinced first reactions has since become equally cherished by their fans.
Oceans Will Rise came out yesterday via Arts & Crafts, debatably one the most influential indie labels of the decade. To these ears it's truly a fulfillment of everything they promised and threatened to be. From the goose bump inducing tingles on 'Everything I Build' to the angelic (almost proto-emo) clatter of 'Snow in California', this record brings together a touch of everything from their former catalogue but with more conviction and a clarity that threatens to see them move beyond closet obsession to everyone's-new-favourite-band status.
Without further ado, here's their new video:
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LEMONAAADE
OVERPAAAIID!!
yeah
Why they released the worst song on the album as lead single is anyone's guess
But yeah y'know, Oceans Will Rise is a brilliant album, can't wait to buy it. And a big whoop to Sean for mentioning the likes of Longwave and Electric Eel Shock, thats what I'm talking about!
i love
this band. logic will break your heart is one of my all time favourites. yay for longwave too!
the video
no longer works.
try refreshing
still works for me
I'm not
really feeling the new album. Maybe it's a grower, as i love the first two.
New LP = 9/10
For me...amazing!
Bloody fuck,
Talk about Radio 2 Snooze Rock.
i want this to be true
just not sure i can trust the stills after the last album; biggest let down of my music listening life!
Logic Will Break Your Heart
will be one of my overplayed favorite albums of all time forever and ever
Being Here
... is not at all representative of the album. Rooibos, Snakecharming and Eastern Europe all demonstrate a dark, rhythmic intensity that is present through the whole record.
listening to this album for the 1st time now
It's brilliant!
Thank the lord! Can't work out whether its as good as Logic Will Break YOur Heart yet.
They've been overdosing on Radiohead.
I've already heard 15 step and Go To Sleep rip-offs. but they can do that. cos theyre ace
woop!
i like it
cos they make interpol and radiohead sound human for once
Logic.....
is one of the most beautiful records of the decade, only matched by the blandness of the follow up
Logic....
I love Logic so much, especially as I met my fiance at a Stills gig at Joseph's Well in Leeds BITD. I have not got exctited about anything Stills related after this album i'm afraid.
Not bad
nothing special on first listen though, Logic is a brilliant album oner of my faves of the last few years, why oh why did they release without feathers its utter shite.
Still
I'm going to get a copy of the new album just in case they are back on track.
Yes!
I have been listening the Stills ever since I saw them supporting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2003. Personally loved the second album too and I wish they'd play over here more often.
his mouth
looks really odd
Electric Eel Shock
Quite right Electric Eel Shock deserve more!
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