Exclusive Performance by Canadian Indie Rockers, The Stills on maniaTV’s Stage 5

This week on maniaTV’s live performance show, Wrigley’s Stage 5, Canadian indie rock band, The Stills pay a visit to the maniaTV studios in Los Angeles to give live performances of their newest songs “Being Here”, and “Don’t Talk Down”. Both songs are off their third and newest album ‘Oceans Will Rise’, which, according to vocalist Tim Fletcher, was recorded with "a raw energy of inspiration", something they had considered absent in previous recording sessions.

The Stills launched their career with a stately post-punk sound inspired by the likes of Echo & the Bunnymen and Joy Division. 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 before forming the Stills in 2000. These art school students temporarily left 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. A deal with Vice followed before the year's end and joint shows with The Music, The Rapture, The Streets, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs cemented the Stills a dominating spot among the ever-changing rock scene.

‘The Rememberese’ EP appeared in June 2003, while stateside dates with Interpol followed that fall. ‘Logic Will Break Your Heart’ marked The Stills' full-length debut in October, and the band spent time touring the U.K. and North America before heading into the studio to record a second album in late 2004. Founding member Greg Paquet announced his departure from the lineup the following year, and drummer Dave Hamelin responded to the change by switching roles and filling 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 something of a departure for the group, relying less on new wave and post-punk and more on rootsy, '70s heartland rock (Hamelin also became the band's co-frontman, sharing vocal duties with Fletcher). In late 2007, Toronto-based record label Arts & Crafts signed the band to a worldwide recording deal. Once again working with producer Gus van Go, The Stills' newest album ‘Oceans Will Rise’ conveys a rejuvenated, reinvigorated sense of being.

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