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Still House Plants are a UK group made up of Jess Hickie-Kallenbach, Finlay Clark, and David Kennedy. From a bare bone set up of guitar, drums and vocals they create fractious and sharp music with a melting pop heart, bridging elements of sampling, slow core, and repetition the trio have developed a sound that constantly breaks apart and fuses together again.

‘If I don’t make it, I love u’ is Still House Plants’ third LP and the fullest embodiment of their sound to date. Where ‘Fast Edit’ formed with quick attachment and jump cuts, ‘If I don’t make it’ is shaped by persistence – a commitment to the songs that makes the music solid, warmer and accepting. Marking the trio’s decade of friendship, this is the first record written whilst all live in the same city since 2017’s ‘Assemblages’. The band rehearsed it relentlessly, playing for nobody except themselves, consistently building support for one another and growing the way they play. Focused on one point together, everyone gets bigger, and nothing falls apart. The guitar and the drums blend, raise the voice, make room for what is being said, what is felt.