小简介
2000年组团于加拿大的蒙特利尔, 魁北克 。然后在纽约根基。2003年发行首张专辑《Logic Will Break Your Heart》。他们的出道也是铺天盖地的好评和美喻。与The Smiths,Franz Ferdinand,Blonde,Duran Duran,Interpol联系在一起。而最近刚发行新专辑的英国Yeah Yeah Yeahs和Interpol在之前点名说他们是当时最喜欢的乐团。专辑中英伦部分主要是受到Radiohead的启蒙,但也有些唱出Coldplay的感觉,像In The End这首歌曲,以钢琴为主。他们也受到家乡实验摇滚组Broken Social Scene的影响。也会有Post-Rock 和实验的歌曲,但新专辑中体现的到不是很明显。做为专辑开篇曲的In The Beginning,一听到旋律,你就会感觉很耳熟。没错,是美国The Strokes 的复古摇滚的风格。较英伦的是The Mountain,开始的旋律有些异域和鬼异。It Takes Time前几秒中只有几下简单的钢琴音符,倒让人觉得可爱,安静许多。但随之而来是快板的摇滚旋律。歌曲中也会加入一些实验和后摇的东西在背景旋律中,但都只是小打小闹而已。并没有突出部分,所以不失可听性。Baby Blues是一首与女艺人合作的歌曲,但至于是那位女艺人,我也不曾知道。也懒的去查。女艺人的声线很低,曲调不高。与主唱搭配还算过的去。喜欢的编曲是专辑中最后一首的The House We Live In,以教堂中的风琴和管弦乐器来演奏。那感觉很美好,也很神圣。在抒情中结束了专辑。
by MacKenzie Wilson
The Montreal four-piece the Stills are nothing like Interpol, but like those New York City suit-wearing hipsters, the Stills create a stately post-punk sound quite obviously inspired by the likes of Echo & the Bunnymen and Joy Division whether they intend to or not. Having known one another since the age of 12, vocalist Tim Fletcher, drummer Dave Hamelin, guitarist Greg Paquet, and bassist Oliver Crowe played in various bands until forming the Stills in 2000. These art school students moved from their beloved Canada for a two-month stay in N.Y.C. to design a lush, swarthy pop style with the help of a four-track recorder. Rumor has it that the Stills helped a friend in Barcelona who was in need of some drug money and, in return, he gave the Stills this fancy machine. In turn, the lads found themselves sleeping on friends' couches in the East Village in summer 2002 with a batch of songs. A deal with Vice followed before the year's end; however, joint shows with the Music, the Rapture, the Streets, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs as well as Interpol were what cemented the Stills a dominating spot among the ever-changing rock scene. The Rememberese EP appeared in June 2003 and stateside dates with Interpol followed that fall. The band's full-length debut, Logic Will Break Your Heart, arrived in October. After several tours of the U.K. and North America, the Stills headed into the studio to record a second album in late 2004. In September 2005, the band announced the departure of founding member Greg Paquet. Hamelin changed roles, switching from drums to fill Paquet's spot on guitar. Touring keyboardist Liam O'Neil and Sea Ray drummer Colin Brooks were also added to the lineup. The resulting Without Feathers, released in 2006, was a total departure for the group, relying less on new wave and post-punk and more on rootsy, '70s heartland rock.