Stabbed By Prongs releases second album ‘Static Skin’
Stabbed By Prongs
The Buffalo-based dark electro project Stabbed By Prongs has released a second full-length album, “Static Skin” including collaborations with Lail Brown, Bow Ever Down, Ry White, Gabrielle Emerson (Hyperestis), and Andy Breton (Loud Kid Glitch, Diceros, …).
The 7-track album includes “Corpus” (feat. Lail Brown), “Another Realm” (feat. Bow Ever Down), “Come As You Are” (feat. Ry White), “Pyromancer” (feat. Gabrielle Emerson), “Violent Delights” (feat. Andy Breton), “Big Fake World” (feat. Ry White), and “Fall Into Darkness” (feat. Bow Ever Down). Craig Drabik produced and mixed the album at Barker Street Studios, while Tess LaCoell mastered it at Canta Est Victoria Studios.
Human relationships are in the center of the album’s lyrics. Craig Drabik adds: “‘Static Skin’ seems to have two personalities split between the male and female vocalists. I think there’s a nice contrast between the thumpy, heavy aggression of tracks like “Corpus” and “Big Fake World” and the laid-back electro-trip-hop of “Pyromancer” for example. It provides more surface area to attract different kinds of listeners.”
The album is available as a digital release on Bandcamp and is also available on all streaming services. The January 23, 2026 lead single “Violent Delights” (with Andy Breton) preceded the album and came with a Violet Wanda remix.
About Stabbed By Prongs
Stabbed By Prongs is the Buffalo, New York studio project of Craig Drabik. He returned to music during the pandemic after roughly two decades away from recording, built a studio over the following three years, reconnected with collaborators, and completed a fully DIY debut.
The first release was the single “The Fall of the Empire” on March 1, 2023, followed by the self-titled album “Stabbed By Prongs” on May 23, 2023. That debut included guests Ry White, Kimberly of Bow Ever Down, Hayley Milligan, Ian Walker, and Andy Breton. In 2024, Drabik returned with the single “Two Steps Back” featuring Jeff Fink. In 2026, the project teased the new album with the 2-track single “Violent Delights” before releasing “Static Skin“, whose guest cast includes Lail Brown, Bow Ever Down, Ry White, Gabrielle Emerson, and Andy Breton.
The band also remixed a few artists including Sapphira Vee for the “Stand Together” remix single release on January 16, 2024. Stabbed By Prongs also completed a cover of “Linoleum” for the “A Tribute to Die Warzau” release.
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