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Static Calls

by Startographers

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited Edition 12" vinyl version of the debut album. Pressed on Opaque Purple wax. Due to the vinyl plant being back up - orders will ship by Mid January 2023. Catalog# SHIFTUS024V

    Includes unlimited streaming of Static Calls via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $24 USD

     

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Backslide 03:30
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Static Calls 05:28
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Hollow 04:41
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Icicles 02:14

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Debut Album/LP released Nov 18th via Shifting Sounds in N. America, UK, and Europe

IN JAPAN - get the exclusive Classic Black LP+MP3 with bonus track via Stiff Slack Records:
www.stiffslack.shop/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=000000006799&search=startographers&sort=

In EUROPE order the Opaque Purple 12" Vinyl via our Cargo Records Germany distro w/Digital Download:

Online buyers go here:
www.finestvinyl.de/rock-vinyl/startographers-static-calls/?item=156423

EU Record Shops go here:
www.cargo-records.de/de/item/156423/katalog_art.75.html


VIDEOS:

Hollow:
youtu.be/NO8Mc5A3aaQ

Backslide:
youtu.be/DQL304IP0lQ

Brick Balloon:
youtu.be/7UCnLDj4uQ0


PRESS:
Video Premiere by The Big Takeover Magazine (NYC):
bigtakeover.com/news/VideoPremiereHollowbyStartographers

The Austin Chronicle - New Music Section:
www.austinchronicle.com/music/2022-11-25/what-were-listening-to-this-week/?fbclid=IwAR2xCFMt8A6_S8dUrQ765TZeUTyGmuAXqgUBSGbf5ueQxp1gBikZIikUQ9o

Release Wave (Baltimore, Maryland):
www.releasewave.com/releases/static-calls

WhiteLight/WhiteHeat Indie Blog (Italy) "Picks of the Week":
www.whitelight-whiteheat.com/playlist/wl-wh-weekly-shoegaze-dreampop-psychedelic-indie-tips-40-21/?fbclid=IwAR3R1Q7UpXE5uIWhjBcaSGw7rKwf9Lc4RY9NVgHPegr4QJa5qQCjzWdG_4Y

DKFM Shoegaze Radio - New Tracks Weekend:
decayfm.com/new-tracks-weekend/new-tracks-weekend-november-11-13-2022/?fbclid=IwAR1uwJoO64pdAdqloqVlyLmALdiAnyhG0sqBy6ozCSSpxueW7SdPO0t2cLQ

The Big Takeover Magazine (NYC) - Album Review:

startographers
static calls
(Shifting Sounds)
The two singles released six and 12 months back (“Hollow” and “Backslide”) turn out to be just two, instead of the, highpoints on one heck of a debut LP. It’s loud and proud, and boy oh boyo, this is what effects pedals were invented for. Austin’s Guitarist Ian Lund and bassist/producer Brandon Tucker already did impressive work in Shifting Sounds acts Honeyrude and Magnet School respectively, but this castigating quartet is of another strata. Like those groups, they emulate Swervedriver’s severe soaring and Doves’ and House of Love’s prettier riffage, and lordy are their tunes criminally catchy from play one. Yeah, you won’t need multi-encounters for “Brick Balloon” (holy cow), “Floating on Helium,” and “Tied Up in Tokyo” to impact. Alternatively, the slower cooling of “Static Calls” and “We’ll Go Down Together” are answers to Catherine Wheel’s Like Cats and Dogs with a side of Cocteau Twins, only with full-throated singer/guitarist Christian Kyle and a drummer in Matt McCandless that’s merciless. Such beautiful thundering! Get it.
-Jack Rabid

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released November 18, 2022

Produced & Recorded by Ian Lund & Brandon Tucker at The Slab
Vocals & various guitar overdubs recorded by Christian Kyle
Mixed & Mastered by Kevin Butler at Test Tube Audio - Austin, TX

Ian Lund - guitar
Brandon Tucker - bass guitar
Matt McCandless - drums
Christian Kyle - vocals + guitar

Cover photograph by Brandon Tucker & Logo by Ian Lund
12" Vinyl design & layout by Jon Flood - Chicago, IL
Band Photos by Craig Knapp

Copyright Startographers Music 2022
Publishing Shifting Sounds 2022

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Shifting Sounds Austin, Texas

Shifting Sounds was started in London in 2009 and now has offices in Austin Texas USA, and Melbourne, Australia. Set up by musicians with industry knowledge with the aim of being a launching pad for talented musicians and bands, the goal of the label is to provide an ethical platform for bands to get off the ground & be heard around the world. ... more

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