Post-rock band 65daysofstatic have announced they will be playing a European tour celebrating 10 years since the release of their 2013 album Wild Light. This will be the first time the band play outside the UK since pre-pandemic. The UK tour will kick off in Glasgow in September. The setlist will feature primarily tracks from Wild Light, but possibly also “obscure b-sides, unplugged sets, and Lorde covers” as teased in their recent press release.
Wild Light received critical acclaim, scoring 82 on Metacritic, with NME stating “next time someone tells you guitar music has run out of new ideas, simply point them in the direction of Wild Light”.
The band hail from Sheffield, and formed in 2001. Since then they have released nine studio albums, and in 2017 they created the accompanying soundtrack for the game No Man’s Sky.
In 2021, the band began an innovative project entitled Wreckage Systems which is a live-streamed broadcast that employs software written by the band to generate endless new material. The project uses samples of music made by the band during lockdown, but turns them into live audio, ensuring that all new generated audio is unique. The band have stated on their website that Wreckage Systems is “fast, rough, and responsive to the world in which it’s getting made”. The project was on hiatus but appears to be back up and running, and you can stream it 24/7 here.
Aside from this ongoing (infinite) project, the band plan to continue releasing ‘regular’ records. Band member Paul Wolinski (known as Polinski on solo projects) also has an upcoming album, Telex From MIDI City, coming out on the 24th February. The lead single, ‘Distant Friend, I Love You!’ is available to stream now on all platforms, plus an accompanying music video.
Tickets for the upcoming tour are available here!
UK Tour Dates:
14/09/23 – St. Luke’s – Glasgow
15/09 – New Century Hall – Manchester
16/09 – Electric Brixton – London
17/09 – Trinity – Bristol
18/09 – CHALK – Brighton
