An often misunderstood perception in the music business is the fact that a genre’s eventual lack of popularity after a few years of mainstream attention translates to not producing quality material.

While music genres such as Punk, Grunge or Prog Rock have never received the attention they got during their hayday, they were and they are still able of providing a lot of quality bands.

If we take a look at Synthpop, a music genre that was at the height of its popularity during the 80s, then this is quite obvious with Still Corners.

Still Corners is a London-based music project that has been in the music business since 2007, being the brainchild of songwriter Greg Hughes and their vocalist Tessa Murray. Being both of them very seasoned musicians, Still Corners has been a pretty consisting band in terms of releases and quality of their work since the release of their self-released EP, Remember Pepper?, back in 2008.

The music duo of Hughes and Tessa would keep releasing singles for a few years until they signed a contract with the label Sub-Pop, thus releasing their debut, Creatures of an Hour, under their sigil and showing the world what they were all about: a swift and effective combination of what made Synthpop great back in the 80s with many modern elements thrown in there with Murray’s fantastic vocals. They would keep this style in their 2013 follow-up, Strange Pleasures.

During their 2013 follow-up and the release of their third album, Dead Blue, in 2016 under their own label, Wrecking Light Records, Still Corners would tour on a somewhat regular basis with the help of several live musicians (Greg Hughes plays all the instruments in the studio), with some of the most important being the likes of Luke Jarvis on bass or Leon Dufficy.

They currently have a brand new album released this 2018, named Slow Air, and it shows that this is a music project not designed to sleep on its laurels: Hughes is still as talented as he has been on previous albums and Murray’s vocals make a beautiful amalgamation of attractiveness and darkness to their music–they are simply a duo that works wonderfully together.

Still Corners’ brand of Synthpop has shown that, despite a wane in popularity, the genre can still provide quality music and stay relevant from an artistic point of view. And we, the listeners, are very grateful for that.

Check out some of our favourite Still corner songs :

Still Corners - The Trip 6:14

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