Static Dress

Static Dress is an English hardcore punk band from Leeds, West Yorkshire. Formed in 2018, by former Galleries members Olli Appleyard (vocals), Sam Kay (drums) and Tom Black (guitar), along with Connor Reilly (bass). In 2021, Kay and Black departed from the group, being replaced by Contrast (guitar) and Sam Ogden (drums). The band are a prominent player in the 2020s scene metalcore revival, post-hardcore and screamo revival. The band's music has been categorised as post-hardcore, metalcore, screamo and emo. They often make use of elements of alternative rock, electronic music, punk rock and nu metal,and produce ambient tracks as a means of world building. PopMatters cited them as a frontrunner of the "scene metalcore revival", while Revolver cited them as a part of the "post-hardcore revival". In a 2021 interview with The Line of Best Fit, when asked about the band's categorisations and comparisons, Appleyard stated "I look at these scene bands we're compared to and I’m like... If you like that, you’ll like this – but I wouldn’t say it’s derived from it".[