Static - Let It End

Australian synthpop producer Static returns with his brand-new EP “Let It End”. Thankfully, the title of the EP is not what I thought of when listening to his music (for the most part). Though I do think that the artist might find an appropriate response to my words and criticisms as “Let it end” by the time I’m finished. 

This little four-track EP begins with the title track ‘Let It End’. Which, as I stated in a previous review for Static, plays it rather safe in the synthpop spectrum. Throwback 80s sounds filled with nostalgia with a nice warm beat, soft synth pads, so on and so forth. The vocals are somewhat improved on this song in comparison to his previous outing, so there’s some praise to behold there. He’s no Andrea Bocelli, mind you, but it’s an improvement. Though I felt a reverse on vocals on ‘It Hurts (All The Time)’. Mainly when Static tries to hold a note does it fall apart and become a little harsh on my ears. And not in the industrial sense of harshness, but in the sense that I want him to be quiet. His short notes are okay, not great, but passable for the genre.

Much of my notes will be similar for ‘Need To Know’. The final song on the album is a depressing synth ballad speaking of loneliness, the difficulty of taking it all in, so on and so forth. This is perhaps my favorite instrumental from the artist and for that I’ll give him props. 

But, at the end of the day, I still view this as just another throwback synthpop EP in the sea of overwhelming material to pluck from. It’s not terrible, it’s not great, it’s somewhere in between. Hence the six.