Still House Plants is a British art rock band based in London, consisting of Jess Hickie-Kallenbach (vocals), David Kennedy (drums), and Finlay Clark (guitar).[1][2]
Still House Plants | |
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| Genres | Art rock, experimental rock |
| Years active | 2015-present |
| Members | Jess Hickie-Kallenbach, David Kennedy, Finlay Clark |
History
editMembers of the band met at the Glasgow School of Art in 2013,[3] and began making music together after a year. They originally went by the name 'Your Haircut', but later adopted the name 'Still House Plants' inspired by a New York artist collective and a show which they titled 'Singing For Our Houseplants'.[4] Their early releases were put out on the experimental Glasgow label, GLARC, and were often recorded over short periods of time and with little production alteration.[3]
In 2020, the band released their first full-length albums, Long Play and Fast Edit, under the label Bison. The sounds of these releases were inspired by jazz and rhythm-and-blues conventions, alongside garage rock. Jenn Pelly of The New Yorker noted Hickie-Kallenbach's raspy voice, Kennedy's free-jazz drumming, and the "ache and clean tones of emo" in Clark's guitar.[3][5][2]
In 2024, they released the album If I Don't Make It, I Love U. The band received critical acclaim worldwide for the album.[6] The work, described as post-rock with influences of soul and jazz,[1][7] was praised by The Guardian particularly for Hickie-Kallenbach's vocals.[8][9][10]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Still House Plants - 2016
- Assemblages - 2017 (last album with GLARC)
- Long Play - 2020
- Fast Edit - 2020
- If I Don't Make It, I Love U - 2024
Singles
edit- "Shy Song" - 2020
- "Do" - 2020
- "Able To" - 2020
- "More More Faster" - 2021[11]
References
edit- ^ a b Pelly, Jenn (2024-04-23). "If I Don't Make It, I Love U". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b Pelly, Jenn (2023-03-17). "Still House Plants". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ a b c "Still House Plants: 'In experimental music there's a lot of whiteness, snobbery, pretension' | Experimental music | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Breznikar, Klemen (2018-02-26). "Still House Plants". It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Long Play – Still House Plants ← Cafe OTO". www.cafeoto.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ If I don't make it, I love u by Still House Plants, retrieved 2024-05-16
- ^ "Still House Plants — If i don't make it, i love u". The Quietus. 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2024-04-12). "Still House Plants: If I Don't Make It, I Love U review – inspiringly fearless and free art rock". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ Staff (16 February 2024). "Still House Plants Detail New Album, 'If I Don't Make It, I Love U'". The Quietus.
- ^ "Foundational Hijinks: How Still House Plants Show Us A Way Out For Rock". Clash Magazine. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha (2023-03-21). "SAVAGE GARDEN". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-05-15.