THE STANDSTILLS built a reputation for transcendent anthem-making with an earnestly steadfast
formula: gigantic hooks, unapologetic hypnotic grooves, and infectious unabashed cool riffs.
The ethos cannot be more evident than on the band’s latest single release ‘Pretty Little Broken Thing’
out March 4th via MNRK Music Group.
“’Pretty Little Broken Thing’ is a punk rock love story about two people living on the edge,
teetering towards a very dangerous life, who for better or worse, realize their only hope is to rely on one another
in order to survive their tango through a world of sin and depravity,”
says Jonny Fox, The Standstills vocalist, guitarist.
Fox (vocals/guitar) and Renee Couture (drums/vocals) spent the better part of 2020-21
sequestered due to the Covid-19 pandemic writing, recording, and redefining their sound for the upcoming
album release “Shockwave,” due out later this year.
“We’ve completely opened and exposed who we are in a way that we’ve never done before,” says Fox.
Produced by Neil Sanderson from Three Days Grace and mixed by two-time
Grammy Award-winner Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, Daughtry),
“Pretty Little Broken Thing” blends immediately accessible choruses with magnetic layers of depth revealed in repeated listens.
"Working with Neil Sanderson was a revolutionary and rewarding experience.
He is undoubtedly one of the most talented and successful artists we know,
and as a producer he brought a fresh perspective to our body of work.”, adds Fox
“Having Howard and Joe mix our record was such an honour as well. They were pivotal at
bringing our recorded performances to life. An album can only be as good as the
people that you work with, and we are grateful to have put together the best team possible.”
THE STANDSTILLS guitar-driven outlaw rock n’ roll first emerged on a pair of indie releases,
the 2015 EP Devil’s Porch and 2019 LP Badlands, which included their Top 5 radio
charting single ‘Wild’. The duo’s hard rock stomp owes as much to the sonic landscapes of Ennio Morricone and the squinty-eyed attitude of Clint Eastwood as the thick grooves of
Queens of the Stone Age or noisy grunge.
KEY POINTS:
New single “Pretty Little Broken Thing released March 4th, 2022 to Canadian and US Rock Radio.
Featured in Guitar World Magazine- Summer 2021
3 Top 10 singles, 1 Top 5 (Active Rock – Canada).
Spotify have hand-picked The Standstills as one of 16 Canadian Breakout Artists for 2018.
Four Million+ Streams on Spotify.
iTunes named their 2015 EP ‘From The Devils Porch’ one of the best rock records of the year.
Second full length under MNRK to be released in 2022.
MUSIC:
CURRENT SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS:
Rock Your Block – 140K followers (CA)
Ready to Rock – 41K followers (CA)
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook- 15k followers
Instagram: 12k followers
TikTok: 4k followers
Twitter: 13k followers
YouTube: 2.5k subscribers
PRESS:
“When I saw The Standstills for the first time, I knew instantly that I was witnessing a band on the verge of stardom. Every time I play them on 89X, I get calls and emails about them.” - MARK MCKENZIE, 89X (WINDSOR/ DETROIT)
“The Standstills are one of the hardest working, up and comers I’ve seen in a long time. I love seeing two piece bands that rock this hard!!” - DARRYL SPRING, REBEL FM (OTTAWA)
“They blew us all away. We’re still talking about them! They are cool, sexy & explosive in concert.” - PAUL MORRIS, HTZ FM (ST. CATHARINES)
DEMOGRAPHICS:
TEAM:
Manager: MGMT- Marc Pollack
Label: MNRK Music Group
A&R: Nathan Quinn
Booking Agency Canada: APA- Ralph James/ Mike Graham
Booking Agency US- TKO Nashville- Andrew Goodfriend
Publicist: Indoor Recess- Ola/ Joanne
Lawyer: Patrick Leyland