We love it when a reader starts to become a writer for Ballad!! Balladude Barrie Wilson tells us who Still Corners are…

A London-based multi-national outfit Still Corners are fresh off a US tour including dates with Paper Cuts and a jaunt to Austin’s South-by-South-West festival. In the UK they’ve recently preformed a Maida Vale session for Radio 1’s Huw Stephens on his BBC Introducing show.

One of only two UK acts (the other being Male Bonding) signed to the legendary
US label Sub-Pop (this is great, it’s also home to Avi Buffalo/Vaselines/Dum Dum Girls/Pissed Jeans… and tonnes more)… the band have a cinematic flare which is understandable if you listen to how the band met upon a misty platform after getting off at the wrong stop.

But who are they?

A four piece with a star in singer Tessa Murray is a former choir vocalist lends their off kilter tragi-pop an ethereal edge which the other band members nail down with a gorgeous layer o sensual Portishead-esque rhythm and harmony. And songwriter Greg Hughes cites Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Doctor Who theme fame as a key influence in the bands sound that lends everything a Spectoral-spectral edge. This is soft 60s shimmering pop designed with twist of synths for 2011.

Another North American tour is lined-up for the tail-end of the year with a single UK date on October 10th at Café Oto, London. Keep eyes and ears peeled for more in 2012.