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 ...
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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 October 2005, 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. During the summer they performed at numerous festivals in the UK and mainland Europe, and will also performed at the Summersonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.
‘One Time For All Time’ was written on and between tours and is a mixture of confusion, guilt, exhaustion and anger. Furious drum'n'glitch beats collide with walls of guitar noise, broken laptop clicks and tranquil pools of piano. There are still no words. The band are still trying to articulate all that stuff that no-one’s really invented words for yet. Senses are pulled in every direction - this is not a happy album - yet the overall effect remains an uplifting experience…
65daysofstatic is:
Rob Jones - drums
Joe Shrewsbury - guitar
Paul Wolinski - guitar / laptop / keyboard
Simon Wright - bass
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