Roughly translated, the Spanish word “peluche” means plush, like a stuffed animal's fur. If plush could describe sound, it would easily be the word best used to describe the sound of Static of the Gods; sort of light and airy, a little bit shoegazer and the right amount of distortion to give it texture, but not so rough that it can't pass the cheek-test.

The three members of Static of the Gods met through Craigslist after they all converged in historic Boston for college.

”(Drummer) Mike (Latulippe) and I started this musical project and we weren't really sure what we were going to do with it and how it was all going to play out,” says singer, keyboardist and guitar player Jen Johnson. “We ended up having some shows to play and we were lucky enough to have Ben (Voskeritchian) fill in playing bass for a couple of shows and then everything just naturally happened in a really organic way. We just started writing together and playing more shows and things just kind of snowballed from there.”

A short while later, the band released its debut full-length album, “Cycles Follow Signs.”

”That was a great experience,” says Johnson. “I think we were all just getting used to playing with each other at that point and we hadn't been playing together very long when we did this record. Since then, we've just done a lot of touring, a lot of writing, a lot of getting to know each other's personal styles and learning how we work together the best way.”

After releasing “Cycles Follow Signs” and heading out on the road, the band started work on their next project, an intended limited-run E.P. called “Peluche,” released earlier this year.

Prior to the release of the E.P., the band approached artist Alberto Cerriteño about creating a video for the title track.

”For some reason,” says Johnson, “when we were starting to work on that song, (peluche) was just some word and some idea that came to my mind and then we started talking to Alberto... We got this idea of a bear, like a stuffed animal, and I think what they did with the video is so amazing, because they took this idea to another level, like a teddy bear that had a hard-knock life or something.”

Through the recording of the “Peluche” E.P. and subsequent touring, the band has continued to grow together and create more songs as a unit, as opposed to individual band members writing the music and presenting it to the rest of the band.

”I think we're getting into what our real sound is,” says Johnson. “I think our real goal is what music the three of us make, as people. It's not like we're trying to make to make anything sound a certain way, it's just what's natural -- what's real and authentic. It can be a lot of things -- big melodies, but also more plush arrangements, bigger sounds, more interesting structures -- that's kind of where we're headed right now.”

One of the reasons the band is out on the road right now is to hash out the songs for their upcoming album.

”We have a ton of new material that we've been working on and writing and what we want to do is play those songs and live with them and get them in front of all kinds of different people, then when we come back, we'll start, in earnest, our recording process,” says Johnson.

Static of the Gods will be testing out their new material this Saturday night at the Lil Red Lion, with Moira Scar.

The “Peluche” E.P. will be available at the show. The video for “Peluche” and other music from the band can be found on the band's Myspace page at www.myspace.com/staticofthegods.