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On Our iPod

Golden Grrrls - New Pop 7”

Chris Devotion & The Expectations - Amalgamation & Capital (album)

Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester (album)

Throwing Up - Mother Knows Best 7”

Howling Wolf - Complete Chess Masters 1951-60

The Ketamines - A Rotten Bond/1 Yr (from Oddbox Singles Club Pt 2)

Cardinal - Hymns (album)

Proper Ornaments - Taking the Gamble Out of Buying 12”

Darren Hayman - January Songs (album)

Various: Marshall Teller EP 12”

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Album Review

65DaysOfStatic
We Were Exploding Anyway Hassle

Article written by Matt H - May 19, 2010

65DaysOfStatic - 38MinutesInAChickensNightmare?

A few years back I caught this lot live, playing a decent brand of loud/quiet post rock. Not enough to make me look further at the time, but plenty, on the back of a lot of subsequent excellent word of mouth, to pick up their latest from the shelves at Record Collector. I'm glad I did.

Apparently it marks something of a return to a largely electronic approach and it works rather brilliantly. Mostly instrumental, the sounds plug firmly into the Sheffield tradition of earnestly ambitious but listenable electronic dance music, often built around a driving fuzzy guitar. Atmospheric, but pacy and light of touch, sounding alternately like an animated current affairs theme and a soundtrack to a particularly good sci-fi thriller. The only duff points come when the odd vocal creeps in - parts of Come To Me sound like a morngy Robert Smith stuck in a rave (er, possibly because it is Robert Smith, yes really, read your sleeve notes or we cut off your medication - Ed). But that's a small gripe - really its a record full of brightness and energy, as uplifting as it is thoughtful. Another real star in the Sheffield firmament.

Links:
http://www.65daysofstatic.com/
http://www.hasslerecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/65propaganda