The Stills
The Stills performing in Toronto, Ontario. From left to right: Dave Hamelin, Liam O'Neil, Tim Fletcher, and Oliver Corbeil.
Background information
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Indie rock, post-punk revival
Years active	2000–2011
Labels	Arts & Crafts, Vice Recordings, Drowned in Sound
Associated acts	Priestess, Fuand and The feztones, The Undercovers, Eight and a Half
Website	thestills.net
Members
Tim Fletcher Dave Hamelin Olivier Corbeil Liam O'Neil Greg Paquet
Past members
Julien Blais

The Stills were a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 2000.

History [link]

The band members have known each other since the age of twelve, are art students, and have played in various bands prior to band formation.

Their EP, Rememberese, was released on June 17, 2003. Their debut album, Logic Will Break Your Heart, was released later that year. Their second album, Without Feathers, was released May 9, 2006 on Vice Records. They supported Kings of Leon on their UK spring tour in 2007.

They signed with Arts & Crafts^[1] for the release of their third album, Oceans Will Rise, which was released August 19, 2008.^[2]

On July 20, 2008 they played in Quebec City, opening for Paul McCartney, for the city's 400th anniversary. On February 7, 2009, they played at Nathan Phillips Square as part of Toronto's WinterCity Festival. They supported the Kings of Leon on their tour of Australia and New Zealand in March 2009.

On March 28, 2009, they were awarded 2 Juno Awards (Canada's music awards), in the categories for Best New Group of The Year, and Best Alternative Album of the Year for their album Oceans Will Rise.^[3]

On April 15, 2011, The Stills announced on their site that they had officially disbanded.^[4]

Post break up [link]

In 2011 Hamelin and O'Neil along with Justin Peroff of Broken Social Scene formed a new band, Eight and a Half, and in March 2012 they released a self-titled album.^[5][6]

Members [link]

• Tim Fletcher – vocals, guitar
• Dave Hamelin – vocals, guitar, drum kit
• Liam O'Neil – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
• Olivier Corbeil (a.k.a. Oliver Crowe) – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Gregory Paquet – guitar

Greg Paquet, former vocalist and lead guitarist, left the band in 2005 to finish his university degree. Dave Hamelin replaced him on guitar and vocals. Liam O'Neil became a full-time member of the band on keyboards in 2005, and Julien Blais joined as drummer. On April 29, 2010 the band announced that Paquet would be re-joining the band and Hamelin would be moving back to drumming.^[7]

Discography [link]

Albums [link]

EPs [link]

• Rememberese EP (June 17, 2003)

Compilations [link]

• The non-album track "Retour à Vega" on the Wicker Park motion picture soundtrack (August 24, 2004)
• "In the Beginning", the first single from the second album Without Feathers, showed up on the P.S. I Love You motion picture soundtrack

Singles [link]

• "Lola Stars and Stripes" (February 16, 2004)
• "Changes are No Good" (April 19, 2004)
• "Still in Love Song" (August 9, 2004)
• "In The Beginning" (2006)
• "Destroyer" (2006)
• "Helicopters" (2007)
• "Being Here" (August 4, 2008)
• "Don't Talk Down" (December 15, 2008)
• "I'm With You" (June 2009)

Music videos [link]

• "Still in Love Song" (2003)
  • Directed by Josh & Xander
• "Lola Stars and Stripes" (2003)
  • Directed by Oliver "Twist" Gondry
• "Changes are No Good" (2004)
  • Directed by Dominic DeJoseph
• "Love and Death" (2004)
  • Directed by Chris Grismer
• "In the Beginning" (2006)
  • Directed by Associates in Science
• "Destroyer" (2006)
  • Directed by Eddy Morretti
• "Helicopters" (2007)
  • Directed by George Vale
• "Being Here" (2008)
  • Directed by Teqtonik
• "Don't Talk Down" (2008)
  • Directed by Christopher Mills
• "I'm With You" (2009)
  • Directed by The Sanchez Brothers

Music used in TV [link]

• The track "Everything I Build" from the album Oceans Will Rise was used in episode 5 ("Rubicon") of the space travel television drama series, Defying Gravity.
• The song "The House We Live In" from the album Without Feathers was used on episode 12 in the 4th season of The O.C.
• The song "In the Beginning" was used in P.S. I Love You film 2009.
• The song "I'm With You" was used in an advertisement for Alexander Keith's.
• The song "Still In Love Song" was used in an episode of Veronica Mars in Season 1.
• The song "Being Here" was used in the 1st season of Rookie Blue.
• The song "Don't Talk Down" was used in the film "The Trotsky" 2010.
• The song "I'm With You" was used in the trailer for the film Restless 2011.

References [link]

External links [link]

• The Stills biography at Allmusic
• Interview with Tim Fletcher at groundcontrolmag.com 11/8/2008