Keep – Almost Static
Release Date: May 30, 2025
Origin: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Genre: Alternative, shoegaze
Emerging from Richmond, Virginia’s underground scene, Keep have spent the past decade crafting a sound that exists somewhere between familiarity and the unknown. Though traces of The Cure, Slowdive, and The Smashing Pumpkins echo throughout their music, Keep have steadily carved out a sonic world that is unmistakably their own. Their work doesn’t merely nod to shoegaze—it stretches its edges, drawing on post-punk, alt-rock, and dream pop to create something immersive, textured, and deeply personal.
Their latest album, Almost Static, marks a defining chapter for the band—a moment of clarity within their ever-evolving haze. This isn’t a reinvention, but a confident refinement of what Keep have been building toward for years. The record unfolds like an emotional terrain: vast, subtle, and resonant. Every element feels intentional, from the thick walls of guitar to the atmospheric synths and gently drifting vocals, all brought together with a sense of movement and purpose.
Band Members
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Levi
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Nick
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Wes
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Will
All songs were written and performed by Keep, recorded across sessions at Electrical Audio in Chicago and Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois. At the production helm, Zac Montez—renowned for his work with Whirr and Cloakroom—guides the band’s sound into a space that feels both thunderous and delicate. His touch helps shape a sonic identity that’s richly layered without losing emotional immediacy.
Sound & Aesthetic
Almost Static pulses with an atmospheric depth that’s meant to be felt as much as heard. Guitars swell and recede like memory; vocals blur into the instrumentation, forming a sonic fog that envelopes the listener. The album is at once vast and intimate, an inward journey disguised as outward motion.
Built for volume and long, meditative listens, the album exudes a momentum that mirrors its lyrical themes: distance, emotional flux, the passage of time. There’s a propulsion to it—a restlessness that never quite resolves, making it an ideal soundtrack for twilight drives or moments of quiet self-reflection.
Mood & Momentum
Emotionally, Almost Static navigates liminal states—between clarity and confusion, stillness and movement, presence and absence. There’s a steady, patient tension in the record, as if it’s perpetually on the edge of revelation. It invites listeners into that in-between space and lets them drift through its currents without demanding answers.
Now, with the album’s release, Keep is ready to carry this sound to live stages, beginning with a run of shows alongside Turnover. For a band with such a seasoned trajectory, this moment doesn’t feel like a culmination—it feels like ignition.
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