Static Dress: “This genre has so much to be explored, but no-one wants to do it because everyone’s too scared of not being cool for 10 minutes”

It’s going to be a long night for Olli Appleyard. The Static Dress frontman is sitting behind the wheel of his car (don’t worry, it’s parked) talking on Zoom about all the things he has to do later this evening. Behind him, just visible in the shadows of the back seat, are huge boxes that contain all the merch for the pre-orders of Prologue…, the band’s debut EP and also their first physical release. Everything Static Dress have released prior to this has been digital-only, but these boxes represent something more tangible, more real. It’s a sign of a dream beginning to come true… “Everything’s moving so fast I can’t take a minute to let anything sink in,” he admits, although sitting in his car as dusk falls, he seems very calm. ​“It’s all coming at a pac...

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