Still House Plants

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Still House Plants
Genres Art rock, experimental rock
Years active2015-present
MembersJess Hickie-Kallenbach, David Kennedy, Finlay Clark

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]

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History

Members 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

Albums

Singles

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