The Stills
Rock’n’roll is like life. And life? That’s like high school. You leap in, seething with hormones, ambition and crazy ideas, giddy with the freedom of your new environment. And what do you get? Cliques. Conformity. The world hears you and says, “That’s fine. Here’s your pigeonhole. Now don’t ever change.” But what’s the point of being in a rock’n’roll band if you can’t flout all the rules and expectations?
Faced with the task of following up an out-of-the-box success, Montreal’s Stills stared that question down, hard. With every band and its hairdresser still scrambling for the last skinny spot on the ‘80s bandwagon, the Stills have taken the mathematical, melancholy poise of their debut, Logic Will Break Your Heart, and blown up their pop equation. Presenting: the most dramatic and daring musical re-genesis between debut and sophomore albums in recent memory.
