“And I'm sure if I keep talking long enough, it will make a big noise.”
It’s truly incredible when expectation and reality meet. No exaggeration, for better or worse, just a perfect balance between what you imagined and what you actually received. That’s exactly how I feel right now, listening to Blurred Away for the third time in a row.
It’s an album that finds the ideal middle ground between Midwest emo instrumentation and those raw, desperate vocals.
For a few years now, Static Dress have been more than just a band relying on nostalgia and the sonic comfort of the early 2000s mall emo era. They go beyond that. They’ve managed to find the perfect balance between honoring their roots and creating something original and captivating. And 99% of the time, that leads to success.
That’s exactly what we get on Injury Episode, another incredibly strong release in the band’s discography, and one that will definitely tear even ... read more