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About Static Revival: After a series of bank runs put our nation's people in a panic amidst the fallout of the great depression, a newly elected Franklin D Roosevelt passed a mandatory act that shut down each and every bank in the U.S. for a period of four days. On the first day of this holiday, the bustling New York City streets seemed still as the arterial flow of yellow taxis and black Studebakers came to a crawl. Americans held onto their money while they prophesied the outcome of a wavering economy. By day three, the daily grind came to a halt and people saw for the first time what stillness felt like, and reflected on the way the world used to be. Static Revival sort of comes off like a strange familiarity. Like being in the all-too-calm eye of the storm and looking up at the encircling madness. Songs like "As Long as I Stand" and "Still" blur the line between Rock and Country, while "For a Minute" has more of a garage-funk feel. "I Forgot" seems like the polished warmth of Americana layered with years of rusty Southern Rock. The Energy radiates outward --slow at first -- then begins to pulsate and Dance. A soft blue hangs suspended in the air and explodes into a blinding white light. A barrage of colors collapse into a sudden consuming darkness and then erupt into a warm red --like the flickering glow of an old T.V.
About Cory Smith: Cory Smith is the type of Lead Guitar player that promotes a band's cohesiveness. He's equally as talented as he is modest, and he has a certain way of taking a suggestion and molding it into something almost tangible. Sometimes his licks are round and lofty, other times bright and explosive. Originally from Bloomington, IN, Smith came to Tennessee in his early childhood and by his teenage years he had already been playing guitar for some time. Smith was an original member of East Tennessee's Unusable Signal and his influences include John Mayer, SRV, Reeve Oliver, and Gov't Mule. His vocals resonate and echo about the rafters and add to the sometimes haunted feeling of the band's more ominous material.
About Drew Uldrich: Drew Uldrich is the heart of Static Revival. Growing up in Goodlettsville, TN, Uldrich is no stranger to the view of a slow passing river on a Sunday afternoon. The Southern feeling runs deep in his blood and his song compositions exude a feeling of nostalgia and respect. -- Like a man walking through a museum of his own life. There's no telling what he's listening to right now and what memory he'll forever attach to it when he hears it again in the future, but some of his favorites include Lucero, Kings of Leon, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was an original member of Middle Tennessee's Orange Blues. His bass method shatters the realm of comprehension as he delivers more feeling and artisticness than 4 or 5 strings seem capable of, and all the while he keeps the steady pace of the band's heart beating.
About Marcus Finchum: Marcus Finchum understands sound. He speaks its language. To him, music is like the vast spectrum of colors -- seemingly endless but ultimately finite -- and Within these boundaries he begins to assemble the perfect collection of sounds and shapes to color the landscape of his canvas. His percussion work is so thoughtful and complimentary that one would think he spends years searching for the perfect rim-shot sound on any given measure, but, truth be told he probably played it that way the very first time. Often it seems like the other instruments feed him a signal that he decodes into an appropriate beat. Originally born in Seymour, TN. Finchum began playing drums when he was thirteen. Since then he's been a part of various school and church functions by way of both performance and production and he was an original member of East Tennessee's Unusable Signal. His influences include Carter Beauford, Stanton Moore, The Beatles, and Eddie Davidson.
About Tyler Grooms: Tyler Grooms is the gritty emotion that swells throughout the verses of Static Revival's diverse catalogue. His songs are sometimes painful and other times darkly humorous, but always provoking and inviting -- like waking startled from a nightmare and slowly succumbing back to sleep. His rhythm riffs can range from smooth and placid to choppy and funky -- sometimes within the same song. His lyrics are written like a diary of bottled emotions. On stage he sings with so much soul and intensity that his joys and pains are accessible and unabashedly shared with his sympathetic audience. Haling from Dyersburg, TN. Grooms began writing and playing when he was fifteen. Between collaborated arrangements and original compositions, he and bassist, Uldrich, boast a list of over 65 songs. Not one is devoid of some kind of truth or heartbreak. He is an original member of Middle Tennessee's Orange Blues, and his influences include The Black keys, The Drive-By Truckers, The Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin.
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