The Stills - Destroyer Video

The Stills
Destroyer
Video

The Stills release their new single Destroyer on May 14th 2007. From Montreal via New York, and three years after the release of their much-praised debut, they return with a brand new album, on a brand new label.

New album ‘Without Feathers’, released on Drowned In Sound Recordings on 4th June, is the follow-up to 2003’s debut ‘Logic Will Break Your Heart’ and whilst showcasing a line-up shuffle and maturing of sound, it won’t disappoint the Stills-faithful whilst bringing the band to a whole new audience.

Drummer Dave Hamelin (who wrote most of the debut album, as well as Without Feathers) steps up to the mike to share co-frontman duties with vocalist/guitarist Tim Fletcher. Bassist Oliver Corbeil remains, touring keyboardist Liam O’Neil takes a permanent place, with newcomer Julian Blais picking up drumming duties.

With the line-up change, ‘Without Feathers’ was bound to mark a sonic development, and the new album definitely offers a sunnier outlook to the cutting post-punk sentiment of their debut, with their stark tales of love and loss replaced with a glorious smorgasbord of big, organic rock numbers and even (whisper it), alt-country.