Still Corners Strange Pleasures

In her review of London indie-pop outfit Still Corners' Sub Pop debut, 2011's slight Creatures of an Hour, Lindsay Zoladz accurately noted that the band were talented at "fashioning the most familiar signifiers of 60s style in a contemporary frame". Perhaps that's why it was so surprising when the band unleashed their most recent single, "Fireflies", last September; a glistening synth-pop anthem, the song found the band exploring new territory and straying from their previously established Broadcast-alike sound.

It looks like they're going to be heading further in that direction from the sound of new song "Berlin Lovers", taken from the band's forthcoming LP Strange Pleasures, out May 7 via Sub Pop. The song is less spangly than fellow album cut "Fireflies", instead using a wobbly synth juxtaposed against lead singer Tessa Murray's wispy vocals. The results are reminiscent of the slight uneasiness created on Creatures of an Hour's better moments, but despite the atmospheric pressure, "Berlin Lovers" continues in the more straightforwardly pop-minded vein of "Fireflies", so it'll be interesting to hear where they take this sound next.

1. The Trip
2. Beginning to Blue
3. I Can't Sleep
4. All I Know
5. Fireflies
6. Berlin Lovers
7. Future Age
8. Going Back to Strange
9. Beatcity
10. Midnight Drive
11. We Killed the Moonlight
12. Strange Pleasures