Allan’s World of Music

Static of The Gods are a band from Boston, MASS (boo the Red Sox) that played at this year’s NXNE. They were one of the bands I was interested in seeing but ultimately decided to do other things on my Saturday night.

Static of The Gods first single of the their soon to be released 2008 album is Peluche which features two other tracks Jaguar Song and Tarnished Cities.

Static of The Gods are a bit different from the typical female-fronted indie rock bands. I generally like female-fronted bands either way but SoTG has more of a shoegaze feel to it which is weird because they list bands like Metric, Weezer and even The Foo Fighters as influences.

Anyway other then what I said there isn’t much I can say to give off some much needed praise. The talents of Jen Johnson is apparent as she has a great voice more comparable to the Jenny Lewis side of things as it is a very sweet soothing voice. She doesn’t overpower the music and really allows herself to blend into the music despite not putting in maximum effort. Sort of soft but in such a great way. Musically it almost challenges you to find all the intricate moments that would seemingly be lost in a supposed relaxing feeling.

Static of The Gods make wonderful music that puts me into a trance or sedated like state that I don’t want to get out of. Whether they have new or old stuff, it’s all great and I look forward to their new album.

Check out the video to Peluche and some mp3s:

Peluche by Static of The Gods

Tarnished Cities by Static of The Gods

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