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Static Daydream at AllMusic

Static Daydream are a noise pop duo led by Paul Baker, previously known as the frontman for cult favorites Skywave and the underappreciated Ceremony (the shoegaze one, not the hardcore one that eventually signed to Matador), along with his girlfriend, Jamie Casey. Like those bands, Static Daydream follow the Psychocandy formula of taking Phil Spector‘s… Continue reading Static Daydream at AllMusic

Static Daydream at Atlas & Anchor

Static Daydream – “The Only One” (On the heels of their promising debut EP released just last year, the new project of Paul Baker from Skywave and Jamie Casey is set to release their self-titled debut album today as a joint release from shoegaze authorities Saint Marie Records and Moon Sounds Records.  The duo creates… Continue reading Static Daydream at Atlas & Anchor

Static Daydream at Collapse Board

Y’know, that character I conjured for the Viet Cong review wasn’t a total fiction. That pathetic, miserly anti-ego still rips holes in my skin, still tells me I can’t write whenever I sit down to the keyboard, still gets off on corpse-resting-on-marble-tomb stuff like Clan of Xymox. I know it’s that side of me that… Continue reading Static Daydream at Collapse Board

Thee Koukouvaya at Austin Town Hall

Thee Koukouvaya is an East Coast based electronic act that will be releasing a record soon onSaint Marie Records. Composed of John O’Hara and Brian Wenckebach, the group is “from” Vilandredo, Rethymno. They are pretty well all over the place when it comes to sounds used. You pick up noise, old-school synth and drum machines… Continue reading Thee Koukouvaya at Austin Town Hall

Static Daydream at Philthy Mag

Static Daydream are an enigma… no, really… there’s like no info available on them…anywhere… Pretty much the most the internet knows thus far is that the duo is comprised of partners (musical and otherwise) Paul Baker and Jamie Casey.  That and that they make hyper-fuzzy pop music reminiscent of both proto-and-post-punk, but with an extra… Continue reading Static Daydream at Philthy Mag

Static Daydream at Big Takeover

Fredericksburg, VA’s Static Daydream follow their acclaimed 2014 “The Only One” EP (Moon Sounds) with a hazy full-length blast of melodic melancholy. Static Daydream picks up where Paul Baker finished with Skywave andCermemony (shoegaze band, not hardcore). Here, beside girlfriend Jamie Casey, he continues riding on crests of waves of distortion while floating in a… Continue reading Static Daydream at Big Takeover

Presents for Sally at Whisperin and Hollerin

Well hasn’t Sally been good? She must have been to deserve all these musical presents from this band from the West Country, so it must have been something extremely good. The band’s second album opens with We Fought Lucifer (and Won) a title that might make you think they are a doom or battle metal… Continue reading Presents for Sally at Whisperin and Hollerin

Static Daydream at Whisperin and Hollerin

Static Daydream are the latest band involving Paul Baker who you may know from either Skyware or Ceremony. The album opens with More Than Today; a song drenched in reverb and distorted guitars with female vocals that recall the Vaselines or maybe Lush. It takes a couple of listens to start hearing the lyrics but… Continue reading Static Daydream at Whisperin and Hollerin