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Still Corners – Far Rider

Still Corners by Bernard Bur

Still Corners by Bernard Bur

It’s been a minute since we’ve covered Still Corners, but it’s been worth the wait.

Releasing ‘Far Rider,’ the band explore a more hypnotic and lengthy endeavour full of dusky guitar riffs (think Kill Bill and ‘Sultans of Swing’) and sandy croons courtesy of Tessa Murray.

Tessa explains, “This song is about leaving, lost love and finding yourself somewhere on the journey, really it’s about redemption. I recently drove 6000 miles across the southwest to feel the sun on my face and think. We used the dreamlike nature of the song to capture the landscape and a hypnotic feel to conjure up the long and lonely travel days.”

It’s out now via Wrecking Light Records.

European Tour Dates

2nd April – Athens, Greece @ Gagarin 205
4th April – Lille, France @ L’Aeronef
5th April – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
6th April – Sint-Niklaas, Belgium @ De Casino
7th April – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Q-Factory
8th April – Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera
10th April – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil
11th April – Hamburg, Germany @ Grünspan
12th April – Köln, Germany @ Gebäude9
13th April – Berlin, Germany @ Heimathafen
14th April – Leipzig, Germany @ UT Connwitz
15th April – Prague, Czech Republic @ Meetfactory
16th April – Vienna, Austria @ Flex Café
18th April – Zagreb, Croatia @ Boogaloo
19th April – Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Kino Šiška
20th April – Milan, Italy @ Magnolia
21st April – Bern, Switzerland @ Dachstock/Reitschule
22nd April – Metz, France @ La Chapelle des Trinitaires
25th April – Dublin, Ireland @ Pepper Canister Church
26th April – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Stereo
27th April – Leeds, United Kingdom @ The Brudenell Social Club
28th April – Manchester, United Kingdom @ YES
​29th April – London, United Kingdom @ EartH Theatre

US Tour Dates

18th May – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ Underground Arts
​19th May – Vienna, Virginia @ Jammin Java
​20th May – Durham, North Carolina @ Motorco
​21st May – Atlanta, Georgia @ Aisle 5
​22nd May – Tampa, Florida @ Crowbar
​26th May – Dallas, Texas @ Deep Ellum Arts Co
​27th May – Austin, Texas @ The Parish
​30th May – Phoenix, Arizona @ Rebel Lounge
​31st May – San Diego, California @ Soda Bar
​1st June – Santa Ana, California @ The Observatory
​2nd June – Los Angeles, California @ Echoplex
​3rd June – San Francisco, California @ Great Northern
​5th June – Portland, Oregon @ Mississippi Studios
​6th June – Seattle, Washington @ The Crocodile
​8th June – Boise, Idaho @ Neurolux
​9th June – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
​10th June – Fort Collins, Colorado @ The Coast
​11th June – Denver, Colorado @ Globe Hall
​14th June – Chicago, Illinois @ Lincoln Hall
​16th June – New York, New York @ LPR
​17th June – Hamden, Connecticut @ Space Ballroom
​18th June – Allston, Massachusetts @ Brighton Music Hall

Sounds like: Julianna Barwick, Little Boots, Washed Out, Grimes, Kat Frankie

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Slouch Online – This Is All Just Part of the Show

Slouch Online makes delectable R&B/hip-hop sounds from Los Angeles. Playing with new sounds, Slouch Online was inspired by new samples and the drive to make an upbeat song. He even says that during the songwriting process, “sometimes I don’t even remember how it all came together”. 

Sounds like: Kid Cudi

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Shaefri – Joanne

This song is a direct response to Shaefri seeing Leanard Cohen live. Speaking of the experience, Shaefri says, “The way he portrays Suzanne as a torturous siren inspired me to want to almost write a “little sister” for her, ‘Joanne’, and take the character further, displaying her as a gritty, tough woman in unimaginable circumstances, and explore how she has to walk a line between siren and self-preservation. I wanted to paint a more realistic picture of how certain actions and consent can be misinterpreted or ignored and how abuse can so easily take place, especially in sex work.’

Sounds like: Sasa Zola

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VÉRITÉ – Teenage Dream

VÉRITÉ looks back at her adolescent years with rose-tinted glasses in her whimsical cover of the Katy Perry classic. She wanted to reframe the song with her fresh, youthful perspective and altered lyrical content, “Put your hands on me in my skintight jeans, be your teenage dream tonight”.

Sounds like: Birdy

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UNDREAM – Monster (ft. IOVA)

UNDREAM is a talented Swedish producer with a dark, ambient soundscape. The ‘Monster’ single is intentionally uncomfortable and eery. Based on the silent horrors of lying in bed awake and alone, there’s a childlike feeling of being chased within the music.

Sounds like: Billie Eilish

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Desmond Myers – Shadows

Desmond Myers describes new single, ‘Playing With Fire’, as an epic voyage of self-discovery. He started writing the track in a time of uncertainty and new parenthood, interspersed with ideas and realisations around like in the music industry.

Sounds like: Victor Solf

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Jonah Kagen – Catching A Dream

Single artwork for JP Saxe, “If The World Was Ending (Other Remix)”

Jonah Kagen has released pop-infused single, ‘Catching A Dream’. Of the single, he says,“Catching A Dream” is about the place you go to in your mind when you just want to escape your reality. I really wanted to try to bring out that feeling of escapism and paint a picture of this magical place where nothing weighing you down in the real world could ever follow you. I hope you all love it and that it allows you to escape for a minute.”  

Sounds like: Bastille

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Kat Frankie – Shiny Things

Kat Frankie by Elina Kechicheva

Kat Frankie by Elina Kechicheva

Sydney-born multi-instrumentalist Kat Frankie shares the folktronica-esq single ‘Shiny Things’. Filmed with romanticism and grandeur in mind, the story tells of the inextricable relationship between beauty and decay.

Sounds like: First Aid Kit, HAIM, Feist, Fiona Apple

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