{"id":29944,"date":"2013-04-04T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-static-agefeaturing-yourself\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:14:58","slug":"album-review-the-static-agefeaturing-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-static-agefeaturing-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The Static Age\/Featuring Yourself &#8211; Split EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img841\/2301\/thestaticage.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span>With split EP\u2019s, you\u2019ve always got the possibility that one band will produce an incredible track, whilst the other may create something that\u2019s a little\u2026drab. Or you could just end up with an EP that is a stinking pile of rubbish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thankfully, <strong>The Static Age<\/strong> and <strong>Featuring Yourself<\/strong> have teamed up to create a solid split. <strong>The Static Age<\/strong>, a trio hailing from Chicago, kick off proceedings with<em> \u2018Mistakes Worth Making\u2019<\/em>. Melodic riffs are combined with soaring and atmospheric vocals, before they launch into a cover of <strong>Featuring Yourself<\/strong>\u2019s<em> \u2018Abyss\u2019<\/em>. Haunting, poignant piano keys open this track, before weathered vocals come into play. Textured and stunningly unique riffs overlap with quietly strong drumming.<\/span><!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The table flips to allow Germany\u2019s <strong>Featuring Yourself <\/strong>to havetheir turn. Opening with electronic synths, <em>\u2018Ghosts\u2019<\/em> is a sweet pop track, with melachonly harmonies and smooth vocals. Their cover of <strong>The Static Age<\/strong>\u2019s<em> \u2018Eulogy\u2019<\/em> has a slight more upbeat tempo; saucy riffs and rhythmic drumming blend, creating an energetic end to this short EP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Split EPs are quite difficult to gauge, especially if the featured bands are completely different in terms of genre. But this split works well, with both bands creating solid tracks that are going to be well received upon their release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">3.5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>&lsquo;Split EP&rsquo; <\/em>by <strong>The Static\u00a0Age<\/strong>\/<strong>Featuring Yourself<\/strong> is out on the 19th April on <strong>Highwires\/Flix Records<\/strong> and <strong>Cargo Records<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The Static Age<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">links:<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thestaticage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official Website<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thestaticage.band\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_static_age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Featuring Yourself <\/strong>Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/featuringyourselfmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">Facebook<\/span><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/featuringyourself\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">MySpace<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Words by Jess Tagliani (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessTagliani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">@JessTagliani<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With split EP\u2019s, you\u2019ve always got the possibility that one band will produce an incredible track, whilst the other may create something that\u2019s a little\u2026drab. 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