STATIC DRESS UNVEIL THE AMBITIOUS ALTERNATIVE POP OF ‘...HOSPICE’
Since their inception, UK based quartet Static Dress have been one of the most consistently incendiary names in modern alternative music. Creating visuals, graphic novels (with accompanying soundtracks) and video games that act as narrative connectors for a noirish lore running throughout their musical output, the band have subverted expectations of the traditional band blueprint at every turn, winning multiple awards and heading out on tours with the likes of Bring Me The Horizon, Underoath, Knocked Loose and more in the process. Their debut album Rouge Carpet Disaster proved to be a watershed moment for contemporary post-hardcore; a rare debut that was as enticing as it was barbed, helping to ignite a new flame within the genre. Last month, they announced their highly anticipated sophomore album injury episode, due for release on 29th May via Sumerian Records.
Today Static Dress return with ‘...hospice’; a track that places an often unheard side to the band’s ambition in plain view, presenting them as you’ve never heard them before.
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Following on from the 1-2 punch of modern post-hardcore masterpieces ‘human props’ and ‘Nostalgia Kills’ featuring scene legends Underoath, ‘...hospice’ revels in dynamism through uplifting emotion rather than jagged abrasiveness. A perfectly crafted cut of alternative pop, ‘...hospice’ exhibits the maturity of Static Dress’ songcraft; connecting with the listener through a lush, expansive instrumental that builds and unfurls gradually towards a stadium-sized chorus that’s purpose built to be sung at the sky. It’s a refreshing change of pace from a band whose only predictable trait is to keep their audience guessing, and an intriguing taste of just how eclectic a world they have built within their forthcoming album, injury episode.
The track’s self-directed visual finds Static Dress soundtracking a dark fantasy that’s locked in a space between the past and the present. Performing within a grand hall, vocalist Olli Appleyard occupies the purgatorial space between alternate realities as a masked figure searches for genuine emotion, bending the rules of what’s possible within the physical realm within their hunt.
