"Static is more cult-like than Cults. Released after extensive touring, Cults' sophomore album sidesteps presumptions about a rising, major-label band and admirably finds contentment not in what they could be, but what they are right now. And that's moodier, louder, more atmospheric. Multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion and singer Madeline Follin again co-produced the album with early Vampire Weekend engineer Shane Stoneback, but this time they got heavy-hitter help from Ben Allen, the former Gnarls Barkley producer whose more recent clients include Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Washed Out, and Youth Lagoon. Static deepens Cults' sound, but the song probably won't spread as far, or as quickly".