Static on the Airwaves explained

Static on the Airwaves
Type:	studio
Artist:	Levellers
Cover:	Levellers Static.jpg
Genre:	Rock, alternative rock, folk punk
Label:	On the Fiddle Recordings
Producer:	Sean Lakeman
Prev Title:	Letters from the Underground
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	We the Collective
Next Year:	2018

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

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

Reception

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".

Track listing

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

13. "Going Places"
14. "Ways We Have Won"
15. Truth Is (Video)
16. Jeremy Cunningham's Tales From The Turntable (Video)

Personnel

Musicians

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

External links

• Official Audiosamples on SoundCloud