Static on the Airwaves

Static on the Airwaves is the tenth studio album by folk-punk rock band the Levellers.

Static on the Airwaves
Studio album by
Released25 June 2012 (2012-06-25)
GenreRock, alternative rock, folk punk
LabelOn the Fiddle Recordings
ProducerSean Lakeman
Levellers chronology
Letters from the Underground
(2008)
Static on the Airwaves
(2012)
We the Collective
(2018)

The "iTunes Deluxe Edition" contains two bonus tracks and two videos.

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Independent      [1]
Record Collector     [1]

Ian Abrahams of Record Collector said the topic of war gives the album a "clear sense of conscience and purpose". He thought it was an improvement on its predecessor: "what they've got here is a dynamic play-it-loud maelstrom of sawing fiddles and firebrand lyrics".[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Static on the Airwaves"
  2. "We Are All Gunmen"
  3. "Truth Is"
  4. "After the Hurricane"
  5. "Our Forgotten Towns"
  6. "No Barriers"
  7. "Alone in This Darkness"
  8. "Raft of the Medusa"
  9. "Mutiny"
  10. "Traveller"
  11. "Second Life"
  12. "The Recruiting Sergeant"

iTunes bonus tracks

  1. "Going Places"
  2. "Ways We Have Won"
  3. Truth Is (Video)
  4. Jeremy Cunningham's Tales From The Turntable (Video)

Personnel edit

Musicians edit

  • Mark Chadwick - guitars, vocals
  • Charlie Heather - drums/percussion
  • Jeremy Cunningham - bass guitar, artwork
  • Simon Friend - guitars, vocals, mandolin
  • Jonathan Sevink - fiddle
  • Matt Savage - keyboard

References edit

  1. ^ a b Abrahams, Ian (July 2012). "Reviews". Record Collector (403): 92. ISSN 0261-250X.

External links edit