Static's "Leharim" is a huge message to all the children and girls, writes Yossi Ben-Ghiat. The idea of keeping his new album sterile from the hell outside indicates that Liraz Russo is a cat that mainly licks itself, he says.
Ben- Ghiat: Is the role of a pop star like Static to dress up as a rocker and sing something related to current affairs? Or just the opposite, to give his fans the perfect escape from her? "Iron Swords" is the event in Israeli music where artists split into two worlds: those who feel part of reality and those who try to avoid it," he says, adding that the war is present in their daily existence, in their music and in their new hits. "Liharim", which may be intended to make happy, but in practice mainly glorifies its creator," writes Ben-ghiat, who says Static is the superhero of local pop, by far the most brilliant.