Wild Light

65daysofstatic - Wild Light
Critic Score
Based on 13 reviews
2013 Ratings: #59 / 1115
User Score
Based on 120 ratings
2013 Rank: #129
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Drowned in Sound

65daysofstatic don’t need to prove themselves when it comes to providing suitably sky-scraping climaxes but the closing arguments that populate Wild Light carry significant weight thanks to the restraint that precedes them.

90
musicOMH

In the days of MP3 tracks, 65daysofstatic have made what might be classed as an old-school album. It’s a story (almost cinematic), a journey, and far and away the greatest album they’ve done so far.

80
The 405

This is a solid addition to their jaw-dropping canon, proving that there's plenty more on offer from 65daysofstatic, and that they can take an ailing genre like post-rock and, with a dash of pizazz, make it the most bewitching thing on the planet.

80
The Line of Best Fit

Wild Light as a whole represents the band’s most ambitious work to date; it’s a meticulously crafted and admirably complex record from a band that are constantly thrilling in their unpredictability.

StygianHollow
70

Another nostalgic album for me revisited. And honestly, sometimes I realise my old taste wasn't half bad. I love the sound of this, being very glitchy electronic post-rock with some added spaciness, it's really really cool. It can be a bit lacking, but it still has its moments. Good album!

Favourite tracks: Heat Death Infinity Splitter, Blackspots, ★ Unmake the Wild Light

EthanW
80

This was a good album chalked full of a lot of great buildups. Especially on the last track, the quiet intro before just a complete wall of sound very much tickled my fancy. There was a great and seamless transition in the middle of this project. Besides that, the tracks seemed to flow into themselves very well, even though there were hard breaks between most of them. Although the tracks flow into each other well, most of the songs have the same structure. Even with this though, they were ... read more

RemisReviews
73

2 fantastic tracks, a few decent ones, and 2 mediocre tracks of pure Post-Rock fused with electronic elements. That's what you're going to get pretty much. I mean it was definitely worth listening just for those two stand-outs. The first track completely blew my mind.

FAV TRACKS: Heat Death Infinity Splitter, Unmake The Wild Light, Taipei
LEAST FAV TRACKS: Prisms

Flexreviews
70

I have recently become a huge fan of 65DOS. After getting really into Silent Running as one of the 2010s most underrated albums, i was hyped to hear Wild Light because some fans of the group described them as very similar to Silent Running. However this album more feels like 65Days playing it very safe, which is not always a bad thing. This album is certainly far from bad but it doesn't feel as large as it could be, and it feels more standard that the insane heights this band reached on ... read more

Retsila47
70

Fantastic

StygianHollow
70

Another nostalgic album for me revisited. And honestly, sometimes I realise my old taste wasn't half bad. I love the sound of this, being very glitchy electronic post-rock with some added spaciness, it's really really cool. It can be a bit lacking, but it still has its moments. Good album!

Favourite tracks: Heat Death Infinity Splitter, Blackspots, ★ Unmake the Wild Light

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Track List

1Heat Death Infinity Splitter
5:06
83
2Prisms
5:57
78
3The Undertow
6:31
85
4Blackspots
7:30
84
5Sleepwalk City
6:53
78
6Taipei
6:00
83
7Unmake the Wild Light
6:23
82
8Safe Passage
5:57
83
Total Length: 50 minutes

Year End Lists

#19/Drowned in Sound
#19/musicOMH
#35/Gigwise
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Added on: September 16, 2013