LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Monotreme Records) - 65daysofstatic has announced the first single for its highly- anticipated followup to its massively popular sophomore album will be released worldwide on April 17th via Monotreme Records. The three- song single "Don't Go Down To Sorrow" (DOWNLOAD) follows the critical and commercial success of One Time For All Time (STREAM) in the UK,
Europe and Japan which catapulted the band to festival stages and pages in the NME, The Wire, Rock Sound and many more since its release in 2005. The album was released in the U.S. last fall.
The Sheffield, UK quartet recently completed its forthcoming album, The Destruction of Small Ideas, from which "Don't Go Down To Sorrow" is culled (two other tracks are exclusive to the EP.) The album is scheduled for release in May 2007. 65daysofstatic will play its first-ever U.S.dates in March, centered around the Fanatic Promotion showcase during the SXSW music conference in Austin, TX. The band's management has also announced plans for select shows on the east and west coasts of the states in the coming year.
The band's massive popularity elsewhere - where 65daysofstatic seems poised to take Radiohead's place as kings of post-rock electronica innovators - is surprising in contrast to its relative obscurity in America. In the past year, the group has packed venues and headlined festival dates overseas, as well as recording three radio sessions for BBC Radio One. Recently, MTV Asia aired an interview and live set from the band's performance in front of more than 10,000 fans in Tokyo at the 2006 Summer Sonic festival.
During much of last year's activity, 65daysofstatic's UK label Monotreme Records inked a deal for an American release of the album's refreshing gene-splice of electronic glitch and guitar girth for Fall 2006. The album's futuristic tone makes for a seductive score for an unwritten sci-fi epic that melds cutting guitars and electronic tones with sampled beats, live drums and computer glitch. But where IDM culture cuts out in the low end, 65daysofstatic delivers a thunderous wall of guitars that's reportedly still shaking some festival grounds since last summer's performances.
Following the European release of its acclaimed 2004 debut album The Fall of Math, 65daysofstatic spent several months touring the UK, playing to packed venues and festival tents. With the UK release of their second album, One Time For All Time in October 2005, 65daysofstatic further cemented its position as one of the most innovative bands to emerge in the UK, with its groundbreaking blend of drum'n'glitch beats, walls of guitar noise, broken laptop clicks and overwhelming melody. A relentless touring schedule in the UK and mainland Europe has seen the band share stages with the likes of Mono, Wolf Eyes, Hundred Reasons and Mogwai. The group headlined the Kerrang! Stage at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, followed by a headlining Kerrang! 'Most Wanted' sponsored tour.
