Name: Static & the Beat
Duration: P00H03M20S
Description: “Static & the Beat” shows listeners what happens when 90’s kids grow up but don’t forget where they come from. A three-and-a-half-minute masterclass in economy, precision, and urgency, “Static” contains neither wasted notes nor trivial lines. Do yourself a favor and cue it up -- and bounce around the room to the fervent, soaring roar of guitar, bass, drums, and voice.

Static & the Beat

by Samuel S.C.

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“Static & the Beat” shows listeners what happens when 90’s kids grow up but don’t forget where they come from. A three-and-a-half-minute masterclass in economy, precision, and urgency, “Static” contains neither wasted notes nor trivial lines. Do yourself a favor and cue it up -- and bounce around the room to the fervent, soaring roar of guitar, bass, drums, and voice.

lyrics

Alright, got another play
Got yourself another rotation
Who are you gonna fake out tonight?
Sometimes it feels like we’re moving in the wrong direction
Straight into the mouth of our enemy

This light will never go out
This beat will always move along
Just like a broken record
Keeps coming back around
A sound you can rely on
Breathe it in and breathe it out
Even remnants still remember how

OK, you don’t say
Made another bad connection
Talk talk, but we can’t communicate
Some days feel like a cycle of negation
All points leading straight to nowhere

This light will never go out
This beat will always move along
Just like a broken record
Keeps coming back around
A sight you can rely on
Like symmetry in crashing waves
Like stars revolving and breaking overhead

There’s static in the way
Cut that line, get off that station
Magnetized the game
Set your watch to the vibrations
Static in the way!
Cut that line, get off that station
Magnetized the game
Set your watch to it
Tick tock, the rhythm don’t stop
And the beat is the heart that’s never gonna fade away

This light will never go out
This beat will always move along
Just like a broken record
It keeps coming back around
A sound you can rely on
Breathe it in and breathe it out
Even remnants like us remember how

credits

released October 14, 2022
Recorded Fall 2021 by Mike Schleibaum and Benjamin Green at Ivakota Studios in Washington, DC.

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Samuel S.C. Falls Church, Virginia

*NEW MUSIC COMING IN 2024*

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Apr 27

Nomad Supply Co.

Doylestown, PA
Apr 28

Frederick Eagles Club #1067

Frederick, MD
May 10

Christ Church Episcopal

Harwich, MA
May 11

O'Brien's

Allston, MA

discography

High Places

Feb 2023
94-95

Nov 2022
Static & the Beat

Oct 2022

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