ARTIST: Clear Static
TITLE: Clear Static
LABEL: Maverick
GENRE: Alternative
BITRATE: 234kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 03min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-05-09
RIP DATE: 2006-05-04

Track List

01. Out Of Control                  3:27

Release Notes:

This should go nicely with that advance we gave you back in November.

When Duran Duran were intently applying eye makeup without even a hint of irony, the
members of Clear Static were using their mothers' makeup to draw stick figures on
their living room walls.

Despite being in their late teens, Clear Static are unabashedly riding the new wave
like it was the mid-'80s, ignoring modern influences in favor of over-dramatic,
keyboard-filled, echo-heavy songs that sound like they were actually recorded during
that era of decadence. The opening track on their self-titled debut, "97 Lies,"
would work well in the dramatic climax scene of nearly any '80s teen flick, while
"Careless Lies" could have provided the perfect soundtrack to Ducky pining over
Andie in Pretty in Pink.

The band met while in junior high and began gigging around their hometown of Oak
Park, California. By 2005, before they had even released an album, they were
hand-picked to open for idols Duran Duran on seven dates. After hooking up with a
pair of seasoned producers, Clear Static took to the studio to record a debut full
of keyboard effects that swirl across every track and lusty, occasionally whiny
vocals crooning lines like "I still remember the times when we were young / I still
remember two hearts were better than one." And even though they're still young, at
least now they're old enough to buy their own eyeliner.