{"id":3152,"date":"2018-09-18T16:17:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2018-09-18T16:18:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T15:18:13","slug":"interview-still-corners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/en\/interview-still-corners\/","title":{"rendered":"[Interview] Still Corners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/en\/interview-dub-fx\/\"><strong>Dub FX<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(which was the first interview in English to the site), we get now the chance to know better\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stillcorners.com\/\"><strong>Still Corners<\/strong><\/a>. Born in London in 2007, they are a dream pop\/synthpop musical project consisting of songwriter\/producer Greg Hughes and <strong>vocalist Tessa Murray<\/strong>. Last month they released their fourth album: <strong>\u00abSlow Air\u00bb<\/strong>. It\u2019s an excellent album for a fantastic sunset in Lisbon, with a glass of wine in hand, being equally perfect for a sunset car trip between Sintra and Guincho beach. First concert to see in Portugal in <strong>Super Bock in Stock (November 24th)!&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: Hello and thank you for accepting this interview. Does dream pop\/synthpop sound better in the Texas mountains than in the great London metropole or in the English seaside? Why did you choose that place to make the new album?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murray<\/strong>: It sounds different.\u00a0 Just before we started work on this album, we were looking for some heat after lots of wind and rain by the sea in Deal in England. We also wanted to spend some time in the US and I had always loved Austin when we passed through the city on tour. The hill country around there is beautiful &#8211; an unusual landscape with strange trees and a wonderful sense of space. It gets so hot in the summer, it permeated our song writing without our even realising.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LpbrvJzHITU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: \u201cSlow Air\u201d seems to be one of the \u201cless overthinking\u201d albums of Still Corners. Was your intention to create a more classic (without a profusion of layers) atmosphere in your sound?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murray:<\/strong> We&#8217;d recently got hold of some great speakers and turntable and spent the last couple of years building our record collection with classic albums that we wanted to listen to again and again. Inspired by those, we set out to make an album that we wanted to listen to and we went with our instinct, rather than thinking too much. It was a really fun process, everything flowed and we were excited about the songs, it all fell together nicely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: Can we say that the power of the instruments (guitar\/drums) is gaining prominence in the sound of Still Corners?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murray:<\/strong> Guitar has always been Greg&#8217;s main instrument and it&#8217;s been a feature on other albums\u00a0but we wanted to embrace the guitar for this album.\u00a0 We went for drums that had a groove, to give it that sort of feel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KLz-ktBpSIY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: One of the aspects that stand out when listening to your music is that you are making &#8220;music for music&#8221;, seeming to preserve the purity of artistic creation. Is this how you live your life?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murray:<\/strong> Exactly, we like beautiful things and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re aiming for in what we do. We try not to think about trends of what other people are doing and just focus on making music that inspires us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: Do you know that Beach House has great success in Portugal? Why has Portugal not yet discovered you? And you already know Portugal?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murray:<\/strong> I think Beach House has success everywhere, they&#8217;re an amazing band. We feel that we have barely touched Portugal and this is something that we want to change!\u00a0The last time I went to Lisbon was a family holiday when I was 10, I had such a lovely time and it&#8217;s a beautiful country so I&#8217;m looking forward to coming back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37557592_10156570983924264_8666248073426501632_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37557592_10156570983924264_8666248073426501632_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37557592_10156570983924264_8666248073426501632_n-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/37557592_10156570983924264_8666248073426501632_n-768x670.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM:<\/strong> <strong>What\u2019s it like to work from 2011 to 2016 with one of the most reputed Label (Sub Pop) and then create your own label? Are not major label opportunities worth the loss of creative freedom?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murray:<\/strong> Working with Sub Pop is great and it was fantastic to have our first two albums out with them. They helped us to reach a wider audience. We still work with them for Publishing but decided to set up our own label because we preferred the idea of being in control of the ship, making music for ourselves and putting it out into the world on our own terms. With streaming, it really makes it easy to do it yourself and we work with Cargo Records for physical distribution which means we can still get LPs and CDs into record shops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: Btw, what do you consider to be the &#8220;state of art&#8221; of music in the World right now?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murray:<\/strong> We love that streaming and vinyl reissues means that it&#8217;s easier to listen to the full history of music than ever before. We love discovering new things (both modern and older). There are some amazing musicians and bands making music right now &#8211; for the last few months we&#8217;ve been really into Todd Terje&#8217;s It&#8217;s Album Time and Nils Frahm All Melody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5YOhcAof8I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: What names do you put on your &#8220;ideal festival&#8221;? (Alive or Not)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murray:<\/strong> The Cure, Blonde Redhead, Broadcast, David Bowie (with Mick Ronson), Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Miles Davis<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: If you had to identify the 5 best albums ever, what was your choice?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Tessa Murray:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>David Bowie &#8211; Low\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Low_album.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Low_album.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Low_album-150x150.jpg 150w\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Roxy Music &#8211;\u00a0Avalon<\/strong><br \/>\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-332617-1331779329.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-332617-1331779329.jpeg.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-332617-1331779329.jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-332617-1331779329.jpeg-300x300.jpg 300w\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">\u00a0Miles Davis &#8211;\u00a0Kind of Blue<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2825456-1430770143-1057.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2825456-1430770143-1057.jpeg.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2825456-1430770143-1057.jpeg-296x300.jpg 296w\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Paul Simon &#8211;\u00a0Graceland<br \/>\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-940123-1175241833.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-940123-1175241833.jpeg.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-940123-1175241833.jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-940123-1175241833.jpeg-300x300.jpg 300w\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Chet Baker &#8211;\u00a0Chet Baker Sings<br \/>\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/chet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/chet.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/chet-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ecletismomusical.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/chet-297x300.jpg 297w\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>EM: What are your plans for the next months? For when a concert in Portugal?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Tessa Murry:<\/strong> We are in the midst of a big tour of North America and Europe, including our first show in Portugal at Super Bock em Stock in Lisbon.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s just great to be out there playing and meeting people, Portugal has been on our list for a while so we&#8217;re happy to be there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><br \/>\nThank you Tessa for the Interview and we wish you a lot of success!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Dub FX\u00a0(which was the first interview in English to the site), we get now the chance to know better\u00a0Still Corners. Born in London in 2007, they are a dream pop\/synthpop musical project consisting of songwriter\/producer Greg Hughes and vocalist Tessa Murray. 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