Formats
FDRCD001 - CD
0793573723635
Details
Souther Still formed in London in 2001 and their sound has been likened to artists such as Galaxie 500, Grant Lee Phillips, Neil Young and Gram Parsons, and while there is a tip of the hat to those American influences the lyrics are mostly rooted in an albeit slightly dislocated London - an urban folk rock blues. The first Souther Still album, The Open Plan (Fairmount Gas Records), was released in 2003. Despite limited distribution it served to promote the band's early work and built a loyal following. Dizziness and Darkness (Open Plan Records, 2007) showed a strengthening in the writing and led to many favourable reviews in the British and European music press. In 2008, after a change in the band line-up, songwriters Bradley Putze and Kevin Stokes began work on songs for a third album. Seeking to expand the band's eclectic sound, new members and session players were brought in, providing piano, organ, cello and pedal steel. With Great Wild Street (Feed Dog Records), Souther Still have delivered an album of mysterious urban folk blues and live wire Americana, singing of William Blake and the heart's shipwrecks, of London's frayed beauty and the lure of lost highways.
Tracks
1. Disappointment Island
2. City Rose
3. Hang On
4. A Ghost In The Neighbourhood
5. The Blood That Flows
6. Geraldine And The Highway One
7. Caroline
8. Rope
9. Atlas Of The Dark
10. This Sacred Harp
11. Blindness Is King
12. Trouble Eye Spy
Press
Full UK press campaign underway. Press for "Dizziness & Darkness" - Mojo, UNCUT, The Sun, Americana UK.