The second record from electronic duo Still Corners finds the group settling into a comfortable groove and finding a smooth style that washes over as quickly and abruptly as summer heat.
Releasing tracks like “Fireflies” and “Berlin Lovers” months in advance to “Strange Pleasures,” Still Corners cement a place next to dream pop legends Beach House, creating smooth, soothing and enthralling soundscapes.
Tessa Murray’s vocals are mesmerizing, as her vocal sounds become repetitive to the point of hypnotism.
The tracks sometimes run together with similar progressions and tones, but the record has enough dreamlike highs to put “Strange Pleasures” somewhere special and pave the way for the artists behind this fantasy world.