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Static Dress formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire, in 2018, initially bringing together vocalist Olli Appleyard, guitarist Tom Black, bassist Connor Reilly, and drummer Sam Kay. The band emerged from the orbit of the earlier group Galleries and quickly distinguished itself through a mix of post-hardcore, emo, screamo, metalcore, and the visual language of early-2000s alternative culture. Just as important as the music was the band’s approach to presentation, with videos, coded imagery, livestreams, comics, and other visual projects becoming part of the larger Static Dress world.
The first official Static Dress singles arrived in 2019 with “clean.,” “DSC_301,” and “Adaptive taste,” followed in 2020 by “safeword,” “for the attention of…,” and “indecent_.” The band expanded that early catalog through livestream performances and unusual artist-controlled releases before issuing Prologue… in 2021. That comic-book soundtrack included “sober exit(s),” “disposable care,” “vague.,” and a series of short atmospheric pieces that pushed the group beyond a conventional single-by-single rollout.
Static Dress released their debut studio album, Rouge Carpet Disaster, in 2022. Songs including “fleahouse,” “sweet.,” “Push rope,” “Attempt 8,” “Courtney, just relax,” and “Lye solution” combined aggressive post-hardcore with melodic passages, electronic detail, and increasingly elaborate storytelling. The 2023 Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) project then rebuilt the album through guest appearances, live recordings, remixes, and alternate versions involving artists including Sophie Meiers, World Of Pleasure, Loathe, BVDLVD, Hail The Sun, Creeper, Sølv, Bodyweb, and Ryder Johnson.
The lineup of Appleyard, guitarist Vincent Weight, bassist George Holding, and drummer Sam Ogden carried Static Dress into its next phase. After the standalone singles “crying,” “death to the overground.,” and “face.,” the band signed with Sumerian Records and released Injury Episode in 2026. The album included “human props,” “Nostalgia Kills” with Underoath, “…hospice,” “Pharmacy Film,” “Classic.Death.Pose.,” and “Treading,” while collaborations with nothing,nowhere. and Loathe further extended Static Dress beyond their own releases.
Complete List Of Static Dress Songs From A to Z
0-D
- “a_distraction…” – Prologue… EP (2021)
- “Adapter” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “Adaptive taste” – Adaptive taste single (2019)
- “Adult Diamond” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “Attempt 8” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “Attempt 8 (feat. Sophie Meiers)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), featuring Sophie Meiers
- “Back to School (Mini Maggit)” – Static Dress livestream QR-code release (2021), Deftones cover
- “Block Of Flats (feat. Static Dress)” – A Stranger To You (2026), Loathe featuring Static Dress
- “Classic.Death.Pose.” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “clean.” – clean. single (2019)
- “Courtney, just relax” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “Courtney, just relax (feat. World Of Pleasure)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), featuring World Of Pleasure
- “crying” – crying single (2024)
- “cubicle dialogue” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “cubicle dialogue (I’m Letting Unseen Forces Take The Wheel Redux)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), with I’m Letting Unseen Forces Take The Wheel
- “death to the overground.” – death to the overground. official release (2025)
- “Di-sinTer (ft. King Yosef)” – Di-sinTer single (2022), featuring King Yosef; later included on Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “Di-sinTer (Glitter Redux)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023)
- “disposable care” – Prologue… EP (2021)
- “DSC_301” – DSC_301 single (2019)
- “dull blade disguise” – Injury Episode (2026)
E-J
- “F0RTUNE_TELLER (feat. STATIC DRESS)” – VOID ETERNAL (2023), nothing,nowhere. featuring Static Dress
- “face.” – face. single (2025)
- “fleahouse” – fleahouse single (2022), later included on Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “fleahouse (Bobby Wolfgang Redux)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), with Bobby Wolfgang
- “for the attention of…” – for the attention of… single (2020)
- “foreplay (is not my forté)” – Prologue… EP (2021)
- “from a mansion to a FH” – Prologue… EP (2021)
- “…hospice” – …hospice single (2026), later included on Injury Episode (2026)
- “human props” – human props single (2026), later included on Injury Episode (2026)
- “in this fake city” – Prologue… EP (2021)
- “indecent_” – indecent_ single (2020)
- “indecent_ (Live in Session)” – indecent_ single (2020)
K-O
- “lip critic” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “lose the rain” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “Lye solution” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “Lye solution (feat. Loathe, BVDLVD & Hail The Sun)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), featuring Loathe, BVDLVD and Hail The Sun
- “Male-bomb” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “Marisol” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “Marisol (Sølv Redux)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), with Sølv
- “…Maybe!!?” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “…Maybe!!? (Oblivion Redux) [feat. Bodyweb & Ryder Johnson]” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), featuring Bodyweb and Ryder Johnson
- “Nostalgia Kills” – Nostalgia Kills single (2026), with Underoath; later included on Injury Episode (2026)
- “not a lesson to be endured, but one to grow from…” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “One of Us Is the Killer” – Static Dress livestream QR-code release (2021), The Dillinger Escape Plan cover
P-T
- “Pharmacy Film” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “Push rope” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “Push rope (Carl Bown Redux)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), with Carl Bown
- “questioning” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “safeword” – safeword single (2020)
- “sober exit(s)” – sober exit(s) single (2021), later included on Prologue… (2021)
- “Something in the Way” – Static Dress livestream QR-code release (2021), Nirvana cover
- “such.a.shame” – such.a.shame single (2022), later included on Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “such.a.shame (Smoking Lounge Redux)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023)
- “sweet.” – sweet. single (2021), later included on Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “sweet. (Live From Barclays Arena)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023)
- “the spare key in the back” – Prologue… EP (2021)
- “this farewell is a…” – Injury Episode (2026)
- “to the hotel…” – Prologue… EP (2021)
- “Treading” – Injury Episode (2026)
U-Z
- “Unexplainabletitlesleavingyouwonderingwhy (Welcome In)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
- “vague.” – Prologue… EP (2021)
- “Welcome In (feat. Creeper)” – Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023), featuring Creeper
STATIC DRESS STUDIO ALBUMS
Rouge Carpet Disaster (2022)
Injury Episode (2026)
STATIC DRESS EXTENDED PLAYS
Prologue… (2021)
Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) Volume 2 (2023)
Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) Volume 3 (2023)
STATIC DRESS REDUX AND REMIX ALBUMS
Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux) (2023)
STATIC DRESS COMPILATION RELEASES
2019 – 2024 (2024)
STATIC DRESS COLLABORATIVE RELEASES
F0RTUNE_TELLER (feat. STATIC DRESS) (2023), with nothing,nowhere.
Block Of Flats (feat. Static Dress) (2026), with Loathe
Complete List Of Static Dress Songs From A to Z
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