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Still Corners’ 2011 debut Creatures of an Hour introduced listeners to a band who built their kingdom on the smallest of details. The London-based duo (multi-instrumentalist Greg Hughes and singer Tessa Murray) continue to bring their shadowy world into focus on their sophomore album, Strange Pleasures. It’s not so much quantum leap as logical expansion, as the pair swaps their micro lenses for macro. (via Still Corners: Strange Pleasures (Sub Pop) | Under The Radar)

London-based dream pop duo Still Corners have announced plans to tour North America in support of their forthcoming sophomore album Strange Pleasures.

UK dream pop duo Still Corners are poised to release their sophomore album Strange Pleasures on May 7 via Sub Pop. 

UK dream pop outfit Still Corners have announced the arrival of their newest LP Strange Pleasures. 

Still Corners are staying coy about a follow up to their excellent debut album Creatures of an Hour, but today, the London-based quartet did gift us with a new song. (via Listen: Still Corners – “Hearts of Fools” | Under The Radar)

The digital version of Under the Radar’s Best of 2012 issue is available to download now via Zinio for reading on your iPad, Android, Mac, or PC. Download it here. The digital edition features all the same content of the print version, but also includes 52 extra pages of bonus interviews and photos not found in the print issue. It features exclusive bonus interviews with Japandroids and Lambchop, the full unedited transcript of the Wild Nothing vs. The Go-Betweens interview, and extra quotes from our interviews with Grimes and Scott Walker. The digital version also includes bonus 2012 Artist Survey responses not found in the print issue, including ones from !!!, Clare and the Reasons, Codeine, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Esben and the Witch, The Fresh & Onlys, Get People, Islands, Kwes, Lost in the Trees, NZCA/LINES, OFF!, Plants and Animals, Still Corners, Violens, Xiu Xiu, Young Dreams, and Zambri. (via Digital Version of Best of 2012 Issue Available to Download Now | Under The Radar)

Still Corners is hitting the road this autumn for a jaunt through Europe. They’ll be bringing a new single with them. (via Listen: Still Corners – “Fireflies” | Under The Radar)

Each week, the titans of the mediasphere give Nerve their music recommendations. This week’s edition is brought to you by Laura Studarus of Under the Radar. (via Five Albums You Should Be Listening to Right Now: Under the Radar | Nerve.com)

UK dream-pop quartet Still Corners have debuted an inexplicit music video for their Creatures for an Hour track “Endless Summer.” (via Watch: Still Corners - “Endless Summer” Video | Under The Radar)

It may have been a difficult year for many people for a multitude of reasons (not least of all, the weak economy), but 2011 was certainly a great year for music. Here at Under the Radar we’d argue that it was an even better year for music than 2010 was, which is why this year we’ve come up with a Top 40 best debut albums of 2011, versus last year’s Top 30. (via Under the Radar’s Top 40 Debut Albums of 2011 | Under The Radar)