The Fall of Math

The Fall of Math is the debut album by the instrumental post-rock band 65daysofstatic, released on September 20, 2004, through Monotreme.

The Fall of Math
Studio album by 65daysofstatic
Released	September 20, 2004
Recorded	2Fly Studios (Sheffield, England) Home Recordings Tracks 1, 4 & 8
Genre	Post-rock, math rock[1]
Length	43:50
Label	Monotreme MONO08
Producer	Alan Smyth 65daysofstatic
65daysofstatic chronology
Stumble.Stop.Repeat EP (2003) The Fall of Math (2004) Hole EP (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Blogcritics	(favourable)[2]
Drowned in Sound	9/10[3]
PopMatters	9/10[4]

Release

The album spawned two singles, both released after the album. While "Retreat! Retreat!" was a standard CD single release featuring two b-sides, "Hole" was released as a 7-track EP with a length of almost thirty minutes. Both tracks were accompanied by promotional videos.

"Retreat! Retreat!" samples a voice of Matt Dillon from the 1992 film Singles ("This negative energy just makes me stronger, we will not retreat, this band is unstoppable!"). The music video for "Retreat! Retreat!" was produced by Media Lounge. An unusual time signature 10/4 is used in the middle of the song.

The song "Aren't We All Running?" appeared in the initial trailer for the video game Binary Domain.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Another Code Against the Gone"	1:40
2.	"Install a Beak in the Heart That Clucks Time in Arabic"	4:55
3.	"Retreat! Retreat!" (released as a single)	4:09
4.	"Default This"	1:43
5.	"I Swallowed Hard, Like I Understood"	5:27
6.	"The Fall of Math"	3:59
7.	"This Cat is a Landmine"	4:45
8.	"The Last Home Recording"	2:13
9.	"Hole" (released as a single)	4:33
10.	"Fix the Sky a Little"	5:29
11.	"Aren't We All Running?"	4:51