Following the European release of their widely acclaimed debut album 'The Fall of Math' in 2004, Sheffield's 65daysofstatic spent several months touring the UK, playing to packed venues and festival tents. They recorded three radio sessions for BBC Radio 1 - one of the last ever, for the late John Peel, Zane Lowe and a 'live from BBC Maida Vale Studios' 40-minute set for Huw Stephens. They were also 'artists in residence' on John Kennedy's XfM X-Posure programme.
With the release of their second album, 'One Time For All Time' in Europe, 65daysofstatic further cemented their position as one of the most innovative bands to emerge in the UK, with their groundbreaking blend of drum'n'glitch beats, walls of guitar noise, broken laptop clicks and overwhelming melody. A relentless touring schedule in the UK and mainland Europe has seen them share stages with the likes of Mono, Wolf Eyes, Hundred Reasons and Mogwai. They headlined the Kerrang! Stage at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton UK, followed by a headline Kerrang! 'Most Wanted' sponsored tour. This summer they played numerous festivals in Europe and also performed at the Summersonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka.
'One Time For All Time' will be released in North America on October 17th, 2006.
For press/radio enquiries in North America, please contact Dave Clifford at Fanatic promotion: dave@fanaticpromotion.com
For European enquiries contact promotion@monotremerecords.com
65daysofstatic is:
Rob Jones drums
Joe Shrewsbury guitar
Paul Wolinski guitar / laptop / keyboard
Simon Wright bass
Discography
'Radio Protector' 7" single (2006, Monotreme)
'One Time For All Time' CD LP (2005, Monotreme)
'Hole' CD mini-album (2005, Monotreme)
'Retreat! Retreat!' CD maxi-single (2004, Monotreme)
'The Fall Of Math' CD LP (2004, Monotreme)
PRESS:
Stylus Magazine (The Destruction of Small Ideas)
65daysofstatic have made their masterpiece, or something close to it; three albums in, in the most dirty, shallow decade of music we’ve known, who else can say that? A handful, not enough. The Destruction of Small Ideas is a weight, a tower of babel, a journey, learnings, understandings, communication, evolution. I’ve been waiting. I was promised this or something like it. The rise and fall. All so deep, so rich, so comically dynamic and detailed and powerful for it that it makes me want to cry. How to make a record. Play loud. Rating: A- Top 50 albums of 2007
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Kerrang!
"65daysofstatic are stunning. Their dance-influenced, post-rock symphonies are epic statements of individuality, centering on tense build-ups and ecstatic releases"..."As far as burgeoning British bands go, right now it doesn't get any better than this"
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Terrorizer
"Opening with infectious piano chords before building into an intelligent dance/drum 'n' bass/drag beat crescendo, mixed with metallic guitar, drums and the kitchen sink, the Static are back and doing what they do even better than before. Although it's near impossible to follow-up their legendary debut, 'The Fall Of Math's rave reviews, 'One Time For All Time' is so full of emotion that it's simultaneously sombre and uplifting. Take 'Welcome To The Times' with it's synth-fuelled melodies and 'Mean Low Water' which begins as avant post-rock before unleashing itself into an apocalyptic samurai math-beat onslaught. Elsewhere, tracks like 'Await Rescue' and 'Climbing On Roofs' sounds as if they've come straight from Warp or Rephlex Record's cannon-yet their diversity on tracks like 'Radio Protector' separates them even from these. So far, so good; two shots and two goals and providing they don't get lazy, we could be in for a hat trick." 9/10
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Drowned In Sound
"the most vital, enthralling and unrelenting record of 2005" 4.5/5
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Plan B
"On paper, it's a horrible mishmash, in realty, 65daysofstatic are transcendentally special. If the raw materials seem basic - one rock band multiplied by a copy of Cubase - then the results are anything but. Melding pretension-stripped beats and ruthless sequenced drums onto skeletal yet ever-swelling guitars, 65dos then gleefully nudge the volume knob whenever they choose. Warp Records, with whom they share Sheffield origins, and any of the instrumental jet-set are reference points, but few of those protagonists ever possessed actual tunes like this. And in senseless times, One Time For All Time is impeccably meaningful."
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Metro (London)
"an inventive, powerful, sonic experience... epic closer Radio Protector is unforgettable"
With the release of their second album, 'One Time For All Time' in Europe, 65daysofstatic further cemented their position as one of the most innovative bands to emerge in the UK, with their groundbreaking blend of drum'n'glitch beats, walls of guitar noise, broken laptop clicks and overwhelming melody. A relentless touring schedule in the UK and mainland Europe has seen them share stages with the likes of Mono, Wolf Eyes, Hundred Reasons and Mogwai. They headlined the Kerrang! Stage at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton UK, followed by a headline Kerrang! 'Most Wanted' sponsored tour. This summer they played numerous festivals in Europe and also performed at the Summersonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka.
'One Time For All Time' will be released in North America on October 17th, 2006.
For press/radio enquiries in North America, please contact Dave Clifford at Fanatic promotion: dave@fanaticpromotion.com
For European enquiries contact promotion@monotremerecords.com
65daysofstatic is:
Rob Jones drums
Joe Shrewsbury guitar
Paul Wolinski guitar / laptop / keyboard
Simon Wright bass
Discography
'Radio Protector' 7" single (2006, Monotreme)
'One Time For All Time' CD LP (2005, Monotreme)
'Hole' CD mini-album (2005, Monotreme)
'Retreat! Retreat!' CD maxi-single (2004, Monotreme)
'The Fall Of Math' CD LP (2004, Monotreme)
PRESS:
Stylus Magazine (The Destruction of Small Ideas)
65daysofstatic have made their masterpiece, or something close to it; three albums in, in the most dirty, shallow decade of music we’ve known, who else can say that? A handful, not enough. The Destruction of Small Ideas is a weight, a tower of babel, a journey, learnings, understandings, communication, evolution. I’ve been waiting. I was promised this or something like it. The rise and fall. All so deep, so rich, so comically dynamic and detailed and powerful for it that it makes me want to cry. How to make a record. Play loud. Rating: A- Top 50 albums of 2007
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Kerrang!
"65daysofstatic are stunning. Their dance-influenced, post-rock symphonies are epic statements of individuality, centering on tense build-ups and ecstatic releases"..."As far as burgeoning British bands go, right now it doesn't get any better than this"
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Terrorizer
"Opening with infectious piano chords before building into an intelligent dance/drum 'n' bass/drag beat crescendo, mixed with metallic guitar, drums and the kitchen sink, the Static are back and doing what they do even better than before. Although it's near impossible to follow-up their legendary debut, 'The Fall Of Math's rave reviews, 'One Time For All Time' is so full of emotion that it's simultaneously sombre and uplifting. Take 'Welcome To The Times' with it's synth-fuelled melodies and 'Mean Low Water' which begins as avant post-rock before unleashing itself into an apocalyptic samurai math-beat onslaught. Elsewhere, tracks like 'Await Rescue' and 'Climbing On Roofs' sounds as if they've come straight from Warp or Rephlex Record's cannon-yet their diversity on tracks like 'Radio Protector' separates them even from these. So far, so good; two shots and two goals and providing they don't get lazy, we could be in for a hat trick." 9/10
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Drowned In Sound
"the most vital, enthralling and unrelenting record of 2005" 4.5/5
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Plan B
"On paper, it's a horrible mishmash, in realty, 65daysofstatic are transcendentally special. If the raw materials seem basic - one rock band multiplied by a copy of Cubase - then the results are anything but. Melding pretension-stripped beats and ruthless sequenced drums onto skeletal yet ever-swelling guitars, 65dos then gleefully nudge the volume knob whenever they choose. Warp Records, with whom they share Sheffield origins, and any of the instrumental jet-set are reference points, but few of those protagonists ever possessed actual tunes like this. And in senseless times, One Time For All Time is impeccably meaningful."
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Metro (London)
"an inventive, powerful, sonic experience... epic closer Radio Protector is unforgettable"
