The Staves' Nonesuch debut album, If I Was, produced by Justin Vernon, is due out next week in the US. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the album is streaming in full all this week via Stereogum. "This entire record is essential listening," raves Stereogum. "The Staveley-Taylor sisters possess the kind of voices that make able-bodied writers lose control of their capacity to avoid terms like ethereal, angelic, and otherworldly. They are simply astonishing in tone, harmony, precision, their ability to weave in and around one another like birds dipping and flitting through the sky."
The Staves' Nonesuch debut album, If I Was, is due out next week on CD and digitally in the United States, with the vinyl to follow April 21. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the album is streaming in full all this week via Stereogum. The new album from the Staves, three sisters originally from Watford, England—Emily (vocals), Jessica (vocals, guitar), and Camilla (vocals, ukulele) Staveley-Taylor—was produced by Justin Vernon and recorded at his studio near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he recorded his 2012 self-titled Bon Iver album.
"This entire record is essential listening," raves Stereogum's Caitlin White. "The Staveley-Taylor sisters possess the kind of voices that make able-bodied writers lose control of their capacity to avoid terms like ethereal, angelic, and otherworldly. They are simply astonishing in tone, harmony, precision, their ability to weave in and around one another like birds dipping and flitting through the sky. The reaches of [the opening track, "Blood I Bled"'s] climactic, cinematic sweep are euphoric—I’ve experienced some of my greatest moments of pure joy this year alone when it hits the final minute mark."
Read more and listen to the complete album, streaming now at stereogum.com.
To pre-order If I Was and download four album tracks now—"Blood I Bled," "Steady," "Black & White," and "Make It Holy"—head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store.
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