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- Summary: The second full-length release from the British post-hardcore band Static Dress features a guest appearance by Underoath.
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- Record Label: Sumerian Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
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Jun 1, 2026“Classic.Death.Pose” into “Adult Diamond” into “Human Props” is a stunning three-track run and an incredible way to end the album, each presenting its three main elements: heavy, genre-fluid and theatrical. However, they are not the end. We are met instead with an interlude and one more track. “Treading” has none of the qualities of a closer.
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Jun 1, 2026This is a deliberately more intense, more complex record than ‘Rogue Carpet Disaster’, one that feels like Static Dress are trying to connect more deeply with whoever’s listening.
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Jun 1, 2026This is music made not to be just heard but felt. It’s unvarnished, conceptual, bleeding emotion from every vein. Surely, this has to be a cult classic in waiting.
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Jun 15, 2026A raw yet somehow pitch perfect example of post-hardcore’s potency, ‘Injury Episode’ proves Static Dress to be a band with not just grand ambition and ideas, but a passion for the genre that feels completely invigorating.
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Jun 1, 2026There’s some pleasingly heavy stuff on here, too. “Malebomb” comes close to full blooded nu metal (a subgenre surely due a major revival in the near future) – but, like, really good nu metal. For all that the style is reviled, there’s no denying that downtuned, thumpy guitars and livewire all-angst vocals go together like baggy jeans and a backwards Yankees cap.