Blank Screens

The Static Age | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reignition
• ASIN: B000GY73BE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,894 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blank Screens

2. Skyscrapers

3. Lights In The Attic

4. Trauma

5. Cherry Red

6. The Bluebird Room

7. Count The Dead

8. Marilyn

9. The Last Light In The West

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They'll paint you a picture, they'll sell you a scene., October 5, 2006

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Luke Rounda "ThreeStarSmash.com" (Lawrence, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blank Screens (Audio CD)

For a blank screen, the cover of The Static Age's new album, itself a play on a previous art motif, is rather striking: a giant red moon eclipsed by a forest of silhouettes. Hot on the heels of 2004's "Neon Nights, Electric Lives," these cats are back and up to their old tricks again. Expect use of chorused "Fascination Street" bass, unconventional-yet-subtle electronica technique, and the treatment of open lyrical wounds on a record's worth of moody, gothic retro that isn't quite dance but isn't quite rock, either.

Propelled by watery bass, synth strings and the delightful inclusion of a xylophone riff which imbues the dark lyrics with a haunting childlike quality, the title track gains steam from its initial drum thump, and locks into a tight bass-driven groove with overlaid vocal harmony for the climactic outro.

Other standouts include the galloping "Skyscrapers," and "Trauma," the guitar-heavy riffage bathed in hi-fi synthesizer and drum loops of which recalls the latest Stereophonics record, chased with Depeche Mode. Elsewhere, "Cherry Red" is among the most exuberant tunes this band has delivered thus far, opening with an upbeat string figure and taking off vocally in the choruses.

At their best, The Static Age concoct an almost perfect blend of '80s affectation and post-punk furor, but they seem incapable or unwilling to stretch this quality over a "modern"-length album. "Blank Screens" doles out nine tracks clocking in at under 40 minutes, and the record's momentum is simply lost after the sixth ("The Bluebird Room"). With more gut-wrenching epics like "Trauma" and "Vertigo," the song that likely put them on any maps they're currently on, The Static Age might be seeing fewer blank screens and more blank stares at their shows in the near future.

5.0 out of 5 stars It isn't too late to become a fan of this AMAZING band; you won't be disappointed., November 2, 2011

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SciFi Junkette (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blank Screens (Audio CD)

This is their second main release and it is an evolution on their sound. There's nothing like them! You can find them at [...]
They never dissapoint. Also check out Andrew Paley's solo work "White Rooms."

3.0 out of 5 stars Average at best, January 23, 2011

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Seth J. Whipple "shadimindz" (seattle, Wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blank Screens (Audio CD)

I like what this band is trying to do for the most part, but they need allot of work . If this is their best, they should quit while their ahead. That's just my opinion.