The Static Age

Keeping their first practice in late 2001, the Static Age group were shaped by longtime friends Andrew Paley (lead vocals/guitar), Adam Meilleur (bass), and Bobby Hackney (drums). That they had all performed in a variety of punk and hardcore clothes over time — Paley and Meilleur especially in River Town Rebels — but upon teaming up with Marie Whiteford (keyboards) as sophomores in university, they looked to accomplish something fresh. Sounding nothing beats the Misfits’ recording from the same name, the Static Age group took influence through the Cure, New Purchase, and the authorities to derive their personal darkly melodic post-punk mix, filled with electro details and Paley’s put on voice singing frequently socially mindful lyrics. They started playing displays around their hometown of Burlington, VT, in 2002, and after becoming together significantly less than half a year, self-released a full-length demonstration, The expense of Living, which quickly sold-out of its 1st pressing. Found with a Boston-based indie, the demonstration went on to market over 2,000 even more copies, sufficiently beginning a hype around New Britain and locating the music group opening for works like Hot Popular Temperature and Interpol. The quartet was also handpicked by AFI to open up their Canadian tour. Someplace on the way, Whiteford was swapped for Sarah Rose-Cameron on keyboards, and after many other recordings (like the Past and today, a single documented with Converge’s Kurt Ballou), the Static Age’s correct debut, Neon Evenings Electric powered Lives, surfaced for the tour-only discharge in past due 2004; it noticed a completely distributed discharge via Tarantulas Reports (partially possessed by members from the Explosion) in early 2005. Hackney resigned from his post as the music group was still on the highway within the last fifty percent of 2005, but luckily, State Anything’s Coby Linder could complete behind the drum package on multiple travels as the Static Age group looked for the permanent replacing. They finally discovered one in Tim Alek Mulley, who became a member of up with time for the record Blank Screens, that was released to reviews that are positive in Sept 2006 through ReIgnition Recordings.