We Were Exploding Anyway is the fourth studio album by 65daysofstatic

65daysofstatic

65daysofstatic are an instrumental post-rock and math rock band from Sheffield, England comprising Paul Wolinski, Joe Shrewsbury, Rob Jones and Simon Wright...

. It was recorded in Sheffield, while mixing and mastering took place in New York. It was released on 26 April 2010 in Europe and the United States, and on 19 May in Japan. It is their first album to be released on Hassle Records. The two singles, "Weak4" and "Crash Tactics", were released on 18 and 30 March respectively.
To promote the release of their album, the band organized a headlining European tour with the bands Nedry and Loops Haunt; beginning in the Netherlands and ending in Ireland, they have also hinted towards a future U.S. tour. The album was made available as a live stream on the band's Myspace page on the 19 April, one week ahead of its release. The album debuted at number 99 in the UK album charts and number 7 in the UK independent albums chart.

Musically, We Were Exploding Anyway has a stronger electronic sound, featuring more dance beats, electronic bass and drum tracks, and less complex guitar-driven patterns that distances the album from the band's earlier math rock

Math rock

Math rock is a rhythmically complex guitar-based style of experimental rock that emerged in the 1980s and that was very influenced by progressive rock like King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Henry Cow - and 20th century composers such as Steve Reich and John Cage...

/post-rock

Post-rock

Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...

 elements. In a review by The Line of Best Fit, "...[the album] also sees them seemingly desperate to rid themselves of their characterless post-rock moniker as they delve well and truly into the more rhythmic qualities of dance music.".

Track listing

1. "Mountainhead" – 5:33
2. "Crash Tactics" – 3:47
3. "Dance Dance Dance" – 4:02
4. "Piano Fights" – 3:51
5. "Weak4
   Weak4
   "Weak4" is the first single from the album We Were Exploding Anyway by 65daysofstatic. It was released on March 18, 2010.-Track listing:#"Weak4" – 3:54#"Pacify " – 4:18#"Antique Hyper Mall" – 7:14#"Goodbye, 2007" – 3:54...
   
   " – 3:54
6. "Come to Me" (featuring Robert Smith
   Robert Smith (musician)
   Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
   
    of The Cure
   The Cure
   The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
   
   ) – 8:00
7. "Go Complex" – 4:04
8. "Debutante" – 7:21
9. "Tiger Girl" – 10:37
10. "Sawtooth Rising" (Japanese Bonus Track) - 4:58