{"id":68379,"date":"2018-08-14T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=68379"},"modified":"2018-08-13T20:19:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T19:19:27","slug":"review-static-fires-thirteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-static-fires-thirteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Static Fires &#8211; Thirteen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-68400\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-600x599.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen.jpeg 1117w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Swansea alt-rock quartet <strong>Static Fires<\/strong> have come up with a truly likeable debut album on <i>&#8216;Thirteen&#8217;<\/i>. Boasting eight precision cuts of riff-heavy rock, with a good sense of groove and earworm choruses. The South Wales boys have embraced their influences, yet managed to find a signature sound that gives them a distinct identity in a heavily crowded market.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the clean, post-grunge vibe of <i>&#8216;Rollercoaster&#8217;<\/i> not really setting the world on fire, it is still a well-constructed opener with some cool guitar work that segues nicely into the cool bass groove of <i>&#8216;Black Velvet&#8217;<\/i>. Now here&#8217;s a tune, with its low slung intensity, killer chorus and smoking solo it ticks all the right boxes and has a great hard rock vibe.<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Static Fires - Black Velvet [Official Music Video]\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q08U7OJUgk8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In fact, the overall vibe is one of assured quality, with an air of grungy hard rock between the lines. <i>&#8216;Blood Red&#8217;<\/i>, for instance, makes for a great showcase; powered by a badass riff, it drips menace before taking an atmospheric turn that kicks into a frantic heavy rocking finale, great stuff. The driving <i>&#8216;Hit the Gas&#8217;<\/i>, <i>&#8216;Thirteen&#8217;<\/i>, with its quirky riff and catchy chorus, and emotive rocker <i>&#8216;Return&#8217;<\/i> are equally well delivered and tap into a similar vein.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, it&#8217;s not all about riffs and hooks; the upbeat rhythms and bright guitar lines of &#8220;<i>Like the Sun&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0have more of an indie feel, while closer <i>&#8216;Fix Myself&#8217;<\/i> has a lazy summer groove going on. Even so, both tunes work well within the context of the album, adding a little variety and showing their versatility.<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, this is a damn fine record from <strong>Static Fires<\/strong>; the songwriting is intelligent, it&#8217;s got commercial appeal while retaining the band&#8217;s identity and has great performances throughout. Excellent work.<\/p>\n<p>4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;Thirteen&#8217;<\/i> by <strong>Static Fires <\/strong> is out now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Static Fires<\/strong> links:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StaticFires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StaticFires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/staticfires.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Edward Layland (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdwardLayland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a damn fine record from Static Fires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":68400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3],"tags":[5879,15028,15732,15754],"class_list":["post-68379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-edward-layland","tag-static-fires","tag-thirteen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: Static Fires - Thirteen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is a damn fine record from Static Fires\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review: Static Fires - Thirteen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a damn fine record from Static Fires\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-static-fires-thirteen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-14T13:00:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1117\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1116\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Edward Layland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EdwardLayland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Edward Layland\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Review: Static Fires - Thirteen","description":"This is a damn fine record from Static Fires","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Review: Static Fires - Thirteen","og_description":"This is a damn fine record from Static Fires","og_url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-static-fires-thirteen\/","og_site_name":"Already Heard Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","article_published_time":"2018-08-14T13:00:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1117,"height":1116,"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Static-Fires-Thirteen.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Edward Layland","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EdwardLayland","twitter_site":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Edward Layland","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-static-fires-thirteen\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-static-fires-thirteen\/"},"author":{"name":"Edward Layland","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/11c13007dfba29fee4dd833752d9eaaf"},"headline":"Review: Static Fires &#8211; 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