Skywave released their third and final album, Synthstatic in 2003. This album managed to do two things right; firstly it took the post-punk sound laid out by bands like The Cure and Joy Division and revive it in a blast of distorted, self loathing noise rock. Secondly, it set the stage for A Place To Bury Strangers' third album, Worship - both albums sound incredibly similar in both song structure and musical style. Before accusing anyone of plagurisation, Oliver Ackman who fronts APTBS was previously the bass player for Skywave, including on this album. Does that make it ok? Considering they are both fantastic albums, I'm willing to say yes.
I think the reason I'm enjoying this so much is because every song has a different mood to it. You're not so much listening to an album as you are listening to some whacked out rollercoaster of overdone synth jams, and I mean that in the best way possible.. The first track 'Tsunami' opens the album in a really 'in your face' manner by throwing distorted drums and loud bass at you, where as four tracks in you get a beautiful, slow and more spaced out song with 'Nothing Left To Say'. The rest of the album throws songs that are poppy, gloomy, sexy, noise-punkesque - and while I wouldn't say that they're all worth a listen, what is good on this album makes up for the weaker tracks by a long shot.
Well shit, they don't have all the tracks for the album readily available. Here's one of the more noise-punk tracks - Kill Me Dead (By Skywave obv.)
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