Static Dress detail second album, injury episode
Post-hardcore quartet Static Dress have announced their second album, injury episode, and shared new single "Nostalgia Kills", featuring Underoath.
injury episode follows the band's 2023 debut, Rouge Carpet Disaster, as well as their signing to Sumerian Records, announced in January. The album will be the first full-length work that features contributions from all members of the band — vocalist Olli Appleyard, guitarist Vin Weight, bassist George Holding, and drummer Sam Ogden — with "Nostalgia Kills" following lead single "human props".
injury episode follows tour stints with Bring Me The Horizon, Underoath, Knocked Loose, and builds on the lore of Rouge Carpet Disaster as an allegory for the reality of trauma and loss, with their sound being described as their most "human" yet. It serves as the band's commentary on the commodification of art, and how scrolling culture has demanded instant gratification rather than engagement with challenging art.
injury episode artwork
injury episode tracklist
"01110100 01101000 01100101 01111001"
"01110011 01100001 01110110 01100101 01100100"
"01000101 01101101 01101100 01101001 01100101"
"01100110 01110010 01101111 01101101"
"Nostalgia Kills ft. Underoath"
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"01100110 01101100 01101111 01101111 01110010"
"01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110011"
"01101110 01101111"
"01100011 01101111 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100010 01100001 01100011 01101011"
"01100110 01110010 01101111 01101101"
"01100010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011"
"human props"
"01101111 01110010 01100011 01101000 01101001 01100100"
"01100101 01101101 01110000 01101001 01110010 01100101"
injury episode is released on 29 May via Sumerian Records
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