It's been a little over two months since Static Dress unveiled "human props", the next chapter for the band, and their first under new label, Sumerian Records.
Coming off the tail end of a successful support run with Paleface Swiss, the band have been quick to re-establish their momentum, launching the teaser for their next release earlier this week. Three days ago, the band took to their socials to post a cryptic (as-per-usual) teaser featuring former bassist Connor Reilly hanging up a framed picture of Contrast, the former masked guitarist later revealed to be Vin Weight, before facing a corner and letting out a grating, distorted shriek. Accompanying this are some shots of one of the twins from the "human props" video, and text that reads as follows:
To see is to believe
To be shown where your sister is
And allow every single one of them to watch “Who’s them”
To us nobody, but to him… everything
They can see the crash sight (site?)
Holding this message is your warning right now
It will be for you
Death display
The post also includes a link: staticdress.com/rip, and following it takes you to a miniature game built in Unity by Sam Beevors, who handles a majority of the interactive elements on the band's website.
Upon loading in, you're taken to a liminal area filled only with a wall of CRTs displaying old footage from G4 and the like, as well as a big red button.
If you circle around behind the TVs you can find a note that says "London" and upon interacting, it plays a chime and disappears.
When you press the giant red button, the screen autolocks to a perspective of the TVs and a countdown segment begins, before a segment from what I can only speculate is a new music video plays, alongside a pattern of images.
The screens held on this clip for a few seconds, before going blank and bringing the user to an end screen of sorts, displaying the same "Are you satisfied?" message as some of the band's previous media.
Speculation quickly begun on the band's official Discord server, with the pattern quickly being identified as dates, in this case 05.26. This would be applied to the video the band released the following day containing new symbols, along with the text "tomorrow."
Applying the same logic to the first pattern, these symbols yield the result March 31st, which would prove true as the band took to socials on the 19th with their official announcement.
A free, limited entry, intimate event on March 31st in London, and even more intriguing, one without phones or cameras permitted. The band will most likely debut a new music video, judging from the stills on the flyer, but what else the show holds in store for fans remains to be seen.
As always is the case with Static Dress, patience will be rewarded.
And waiting...
