Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Stef Chura - "They'll Never"

Photo by Chloe Sells
For the second single off Stef Chura's upcoming album, we were curious if it would follow "Method Mad" into the world of abrasive grunge flavored rock. "They'll Never" does... kinda.

"They'll Never" is nowhere near as noisy and abrasive as "Method Man" was, but it's much more 90's inspired rock than anything off her previous album, Messes. "They'll Never" feels like The Pretenders meets Liz Phair but with the amps turned way up, and just a little hint of Americana thrown in. Chura says of the song:

I wrote this song while living in a building in Ypsilanti, MI that was not up to code. No one cared about it. The kitchen was moldy, the carpets were dirty and the house was generally unfinished. This place existed in an odd realm. "Sideways from grace the angles lost" This means that at a certain angle and in the right light you can see what is amiss. No one really cared for it, and yet people would go on living in it and subsequently it would be a home. No one cared enough to take care of it and no one cared enough to notice it and destroy it or hold the people who lived there accountable for keeping it up to code. 
 
It's also about looking into the future, that when life hands you less and circumstances aren't what you thought they were. "They sold you love, this chalk's just dust." Wanting something you can't have. Having expectations that don't go the way you think they should. How what you bought isn't in the box and you have to start over. There is only a memory of what is left represented by a shell of what was there. A conversation on how you can never really own anything. And life goes on even if your house is moldy and you don't speak the same language as the drunk old man you live with who steals your potted plants and plants them in the yard for you. He says "You're welcome." 


You can watch the video for "They'll Never" below. Midnight, the new album from Stef Chura, will be out June 7 on Saddle Creek. You can pre-order a copy here. For more on Stef Chura, be sure to check out her website. Current tour dates are below the video.

 
Fri. July 5 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sat. July 6 - Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx
Sun. July 7 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake
Mon. July 8 - Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
Tue. July 9 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Fri. July 12 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
Sat. July 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
Mon. July 15 - Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
Tue. July 16 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
Wed. July 17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Fri. July 19 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
Sat. July 20 - Houston, TX @ The Satellite
Sun. July 21 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
Mon. July 22 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Thu. July 25 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Fri. July 26 - San Diego, CA @ Sodabar
Sat. July 27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre
Sun. July 28 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord
Tue. July 30 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Wed. July 31 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Thu. Aug. 1 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Fri. Aug. 2 - Spokane, WA @ Lucky You Lounge
Sat. Aug. 3 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Mon. Aug. 5 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Tue. Aug. 6 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Wed. Aug. 7 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb
Fri. Aug. 9 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Sat. Aug. 10 - Milwaukee, WI @ Backroom at Colectivo

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