Still Corners are a British/American dream pop band formed in 2007 consisting of songwriter/producer Greg Hughes and vocalist Tessa Murray.
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Origin | London |
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Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Sub Pop Wrecking Light |
Members | Greg Hughes Tessa Murray |
Website | www |
Murray met Hughes by chance at a train stop in London when the train was diverted to an alternate station.[1] Murray is originally from England and Hughes grew up in Arizona and Texas and moved to England for a number of years to pursue a life in music.[2]
Still Corners self-released their debut EP, Remember Pepper?, on 13 June 2008, followed by a 7-inch single, "Don't Fall in Love", released by UK label The Great Pop Supplement on 30 August 2010.
The duo signed with record label Sub Pop in 2011 and issued their first full-length debut, Creatures of an Hour, to favourable reviews.[3]
In October 2012, the band released a new single, "Fireflies",[4] which was named "Best New Track" by Pitchfork.[5]
They released their second album, Strange Pleasures, on Sub Pop on 7 May 2013. The second single, "Berlin Lovers", received widespread coverage.[6][7][8]
They released their third album, Dead Blue, on 16 September 2016 on their own Wrecking Light Records label. Still Corners shared the video for the album's first single, "Lost Boys".[9]
On 18 August 2018, the band released their fourth album Slow Air via Wrecking Light Records. Following the release Still Corners toured extensively in Europe, North America, and Asia.
Their fifth album The Last Exit, again via Wrecking Light Records, was released on 22 January 2021. The album was preceded by three (digital) singles. The band also announced a European tour in October 2021 in support of the new album on their website.[10]
Song | Where | Type |
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"The Twilight Hour" | Gossip Girl[11] | television |
"Endless Summer" | Nokia Lumia 920[12] | advertisement |
"Fireflies" | Made in Chelsea[13] | television |
"Fireflies", "The Trip" | Awkward[14] | television |
"Fireflies" | Cardinal Burns[15] | television |
"Endless Summer" | Waterloo Road | television |
"The Twilight Hour" | Senka | short film |
"Velveteen", "Strange Pleasures" | Bare | film |
"I Wrote in Blood" | Beauty & the Beast[16] | television |
"Strange Pleasures" | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Steven Spielberg month[17] | advertisement |
"Don't Fall in Love", "Beginning to Blue" | You're the Worst[18] | television |
"Down with Heaven and Hell" | Made in Chelsea[19] | television |
"Fireflies" | Weediquette[20] | television |
"Endless Summer" | Abandoned | television |
"Currents" | Made in Chelsea[21] | television |
"Currents" | Lowriders[22] | film |
"Don’t Fall in Love", "Downtown" | Newness[23] | film |
"We Killed the Moonlight" | Beyond (American TV series)[24] | television |
"Don’t Fall in Love" | The Innocents (TV series)[25] | television |
"The Trip" | Treehouse (Into the Dark)[26] | television |
"Fade Out" | Impulse | television |
"The Message" | Nancy Drew (2019 TV series)[27] | television |
"I Wrote in Blood" | Maid (miniseries)[28] | television |
"Cuckoo" | Dickinson (TV series)[29] | television |
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