Hissing Prigs in Static Couture

Hissing Prigs in Static Couture (stylised as H1551NG PR195 1N 5TAT1C COUTUR3) is the third and final studio album by American indie rock band Brainiac, released on March 26, 1996.

In an interview with Seconds magazine, Brainiac frontman Tim Taylor stated that the band was very interested in writing a "futuristic pop" album of sorts: "the idea was to make pop music that sounded futuristic so it wouldn’t sound dated.

Hissing Prigs in Static Couture received much acclaim from critics and fans and is considered one of the band's best recordings, alongside Bonsai Superstar.

In a contemporary review of the album for CMJ New Music Monthly, Jenny Eliscu described Brainiac as "Saturday Night Fever gone punk".

[13] Retrospectively, Magnet described the album as a "lost classic",[14] while Wondering Sound's Yancey Strickler referred to it as "the band's undisputed masterpiece".