[1] As a solo artist and with his band, The Static Age, his work spans multiple genres including post-punk, alt-pop, folk, art rock and electronic music.
[5] He began attending all-ages shows at 242 Main in Burlington, Vermont when he was 13,[6] and started playing in punk and hardcore bands at 14.
[8] However, Paley largely turned his attention back to The Static Age and didn't pursue solo work for a number of years.
[13] In November 2016, Paley released his second album, Sirens, on Paper + Plastick in North America and Makemyday Records in Europe.
[citation needed] The following year, Paley toured Japan for the first time with Garrett Klahn and The Lion and the Wolf.
In December of that year, one of Paley's collaborations with electronic musician StayLoose, a song called "Let Go", was released on Steve Aoki’s record label, Dim Mak.
[31] According to social media posts, Paley is working on the follow-up to Scattered Light and additional collaborations as of Spring 2023.
[34] Outside of music, Paley is also an artificial intelligence researcher and engineer who works in the space of natural language processing, human-information interfaces, and generative art.