Creatures Of An Hour
Album | Still Corners
Promising but evanescent debut LP.
In their press materials, London-based quartet Still Corners claim a number of cinematic influences for their full-length debut, but even a cursory listen to Creatures Of An Hour makes plain their musical forebears: take the Holy Trinity of female-fronted '90s UK indie electronic bands (Pram, Broadcast and Stereolab) and add equal measures of Portishead's creepy noir tendencies, David Roback's narcoleptic psychedelia, and the reverb-soaked soundspace of Julee Cruise's Floating Into The Night. Tessa Murray's wispy-little-girl voice is undeniably appealing, and songwriter Greg Hughes knows how to turn guitar pedals and organ drones into stylishly spooky atmospheres. The only problem is that with the exception of the singles "Cuckoo" and "Endless Summer," the tunes themselves tend to be too vague and evanescent for the listener to really grab hold of. True to the band's love of movie music, Creatures Of An Hour makes for exquisite background mood music, but unlike the best soundtracks, most of the album doesn't stand up to close listening.
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