006 – Staring Problem, Staring Problem

Staring Problem, Staring Problem 7″
Edition of 400
Release date: July 12, 2012

Side A
1. Seed
2. Faced

Side B
3. OCD

Words

”BLVD Records will release a new three-song seven-inch from downcast Carbondale/­Chicago postpunk trio Staring Problem. The band’s sweet ‘n’ screechy 2010 self-titled debut cassette for local label Modern Tapes had Gossip Wolf frothing at the mouth, and not from rabies! Their sound—imagine Phil Spector producing a girl-fronted group that had murdered and was filling in for the Cure—makes a mighty strong impression. This Wolf is already fiending for that seven-inch.”  –Chicago Reader/Gossip Wolf

“Catchy, dark, post punk from the bowels of southern Illinois with a hint of light at the end of the tunnel.”  –Modern Tapes

“It’s dark chocolate casual. Not deliberately but casually dark, post-punk…….the kind that print in mostly black shirts, but not seemingly interested in shaping an image…. at a glance they can sound like early Siouxsie….wait, wait!!! Don’t roll them eyes like that. “Don’t they all” you say. But if that is what gets you to listen, and since they are an active band, go see them.” -Goth Traveler

“Staring Problem is both dangerous and playful. While many tracks pack a bit of dread… [they are] too catchy & self-aware to be honest-to-goodness goth rock.” -Carbondale Rocks

“Grown up goth that seems maturely morbid, and surprisingly calm about the vampire takeover or blood plague or whatever it is that’s darkening up the sonic landscape. The vocals hypnotize like Dracula’s daughter getting what she wants.” -Roctober Magazine