| 65daysofstatic |
65days
at Truck 8 festival in 2005
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| Background information |
| Origin |
Sheffield, England |
| Genre(s) |
Instrumental
Rock
Post-Rock
Math
Rock
Experimental Rock
Electronica |
| Years active |
2001 - present |
| Label(s) |
Monotreme Records |
Associated
acts |
Actionier |
| Website |
http://www.65daysofstatic.com |
| Members |
Joe-Fro
Paul Wolinski
Rob Jones
Simon Wright |
| Former members |
Feedle
Iain Armstrong
Gareth Hughes |
65daysofstatic (also known by the
abbreviations 65dos, 65days, or
simply 65) are an instrumental
post-rock
band from Sheffield,
England.
Their debut album, The Fall of Math,
was released to critical acclaim. Their second album, One
Time for All Time, was also well received, and
a third album - The Destruction of
Small Ideas - has been released.
The band intersperses heavy, progressive, guitar-driven
instrumental sections with live drums and off-beat sampled
drums akin to those of Aphex Twin. Their albums, as a result,
maintain a distinctively gritty, almost industrial feel.
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Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Currently
- 3 Live
- 4 Discography
- 4.1 Albums
- 4.2 Singles
and EPs
- 4.3 Unreleased/Unreleasable
- 4.4 B-sides
and Rarities
- 5 See
also
- 6 External
links
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History
The band was originally formed in 2001 as a three-piece,
consisting of Joe Shrewsbury, Paul Wolinski, and Iain Armstrong. One of
the several stories circulating as to the origin of their name is that
they formed to provide the soundtrack for the unreleased and little
known (and almost certainly fictional) John
Carpenter film Stealth Bomber starring Kurt
Russell. The film was set over '65 Days of Static' a period of time
after some unknown global breakdown in communications and
infrastructure, from which the band supposedly took their name [1].
The lineup of the band has changed significantly since its
initial formation. Armstrong left in May 2003, and later went on to
form a new band, Actionier. Feedle
joined for a brief period and played a part in writing the band's first
single from The Fall of Math, "Retreat! Retreat!".
By the end of 2003 Rob Jones (drums) and Gareth Hughes (bass) had been
recruited, increasing the band to four members. Gareth left around the
time of the release of their debut album The
Fall of Math. Simon Wright took over on bass
duties.
In 2005 they remixed Alkaline Trio's single "Burn" from the
album Crimson. The track appears on one 7" vinyl
out of a set of 2. In the same year, the band also remixed "...Spooks
the Horse," a track by Youthmovie
Soundtrack Strategies, for inclusion on the reissue of their debut
album, Hurrah!
Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The
Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness.
Currently
Their third album, The Destruction of Small Ideas,
was released on 30th April 2007. It features The Mirimar Disaster, Digitonal and Circle Takes the Square. The
track "Don't Go Down to Sorrow" was
released as a single three weeks before this on 9th April [2], backed by a new song "Morning
in the Knife Quarter" and a remix of "The Major Cities of the World Are
Being Destroyed One by One by the Monsters", a version of which
appeared as a b-side on the Retreat! Retreat! single. This single was
released on 21st March 2007 in Japan, while the album will be released
there on 23rd April. The video for the single was made by Medlo.
They played SXSW
in March 2007, and are touring the UK and Ireland in April and May in
support of the new album [3]. Throughout September and
October they will be supporting The Cure in their North American tour.
Live
The band's live shows have garnered critical acclaim.
The band have repeatedly stated that they love playing live.
Towards the end of 2005, in a mailout to subscribers of their
newsletter, they said that they were "a little disappointed" to have
only played 91 shows in that year [4]. They have received critical
acclaim from independent music websites, such as Drowned
in Sound, for their live shows [5].
In 2006, they played to their biggest crowd yet at that year's
Summer
Sonic festival in Japan, alongside such bands as Metallica, Lostprophets,
Linkin
Park and Deftones.
2006 also saw their first European tour, playing in Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Italy and France.
Frequently they perform with live visuals from Medlo, long time
collaborators with the band. They appeared on a UK tour in 2006 and are
set to tour with the band again in 2007. Medlo have also produced the majority of their
music videos, including Radio Protector, Drove
Through Ghosts to Get Here and Don't Go Down to Sorrow.
Having played their first American shows at SXSW in March
2007, they will embark on their first American tour supporting Fear Before the
March of Flames [6] in July and August 2007.
Following that, they will be supporting The
Cure on a tour of America and Canada in September and October
[7].
Discography
Albums
- The Fall of Math
(September 2004)
- One Time for All Time
(October 2005)
- The Destruction of
Small Ideas (April 2007)
Singles and EPs
- Stumble.Stop.Repeat.
(EP) (December 2003)
- "Retreat! Retreat!" (November 2004)
- Hole (EP) (March 2005)
- "Radio Protector" (February 2006)
- "Don't Go Down to Sorrow"
(March/April 2007)
Unreleased/Unreleasable
- Volume
1:
65's.late.nite.double-a-side.college.cut-up.trailers.for.the.looped.future.
(May 2003)
- Volume 2:
How I Fucked Off All My Friends (March 2005)
- Volume 3: The Kids Have
Eyes (DVD)
(October 2005)
B-sides and Rarities
- Volume 1: Then We Take
Japan (CD + DVD) (November 2006) (Released in Japan only)
See also
- Explosions In The Sky
- Godspeed You! Black
Emperor
External links
