{"product_id":"static","title":"Static","description":"\u003cp\u003eStatic is the debut full‑length album from Montréal garage‑punk rock band Taxi Girls, released June 26, 2026 on Stomp Records. Across 13 songs and about 36 minutes—Say It!, Try Harder, Red Flag Crush, Auto‑Hysterics, So Quaint, Midnight Mixtape, Kill Your Darlings, Secret Handshake, It Makes Me Think, Highs \/\/ Lows, Dark Time, Don’t Leave Me Hanging, and Other Heart—the all‑female quartet channel raw, blown‑out guitars and dual‑vocal chemistry into tight, hook‑heavy songs that pull equally from classic rock’n’roll attitude, punk’s stripped‑down urgency, and power‑pop brightness. Reviewers repeatedly link their sound to a lineage that includes The Runaways, Girlschool, Nikki Corvette, The Donnas, Joan Jett, Bikini Kill, and The Go‑Go’s, while stressing that Static feels like continuation rather than pastiche: the influences are foundations for a voice that’s very much their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrically, Static is “very real and very raw,” sitting with discomfort instead of smoothing it over. Themes of love, heartbreak, mental health, postpartum depression, self‑doubt, fractured beliefs, and the gravitational pull of nostalgia run throughout, often framed as mid‑conversation confrontations where the band turn vulnerability into a source of strength rather than retreat. Songs like Say It! and Highs \/\/ Lows set the tone with giant choruses and a sweet‑to‑scathing vocal dynamic, while deeper cuts such as Dark Time and Other Heart dig into the feeling of being stuck—caught in “static”—while life keeps moving, and the slow process of learning to let go of what no longer serves you. Critics describe the album as both raw and deliberate: it captures Taxi Girls in the act of defining themselves, offers catharsis and celebration in equal measure, and stands out as one of the strongest recent debuts in Canada’s punk and rock scene—13 tracks of garage‑punk power‑pop that crash through the door guitars‑first and refuse to be ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album","offer_id":53704911290682,"sku":"39090","price":33.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-07-08_at_8.23.54_PM_b2604a18-7435-467a-bf20-3dee82fc9600.jpeg?v=1783556751","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/static","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}