the album's mixing sessions, the band played a handful of regional shows in May and June 2001. The group had initially planned to only play the first eleven shows of the Warped Tour, until they were added to the remaining dates from late June to early August, save for a one-week support slot for Blink-182 in late July. They embarked on a month-long US tour, running into mid-September when they began played radio station festivals until early October. In October and November, the group toured the US with Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger and Lefty, before embarking on a two-week tour with Good Charlotte and Mest in November and December. The band closed the year with a handful of headlining shows. In January 2002, the band toured with Home Grown on their US tour. Following this, the group went on a five-week national US tour supporting Unwritten Law in February and March, before spending the remainder of March playing headlining shows. The band played an assortment of shows with Fairview and Lefty in April, before embarking on a six-week US tour. Older dropped off the tour, citing personal reasons, with Billy Lee from the 65 Film Show and Tim Cullen from Summercamp filling in his position. The band took a short break, before playing a two-week stint on the Warped Tour in July. After Warped, the group went on a US tour with Less Than Jake in August, and appeared at Punk-A-Phenomenon. Between October and December, the band supported the Ataris on their headlining US tour. On November 28, the band appeared on The Late Late Show, which was followed by a performance on Last Call with Carson Daly. Sugarcult supported Reel Big Fish on their headlining UK tour in January and February 2003. Reception Start Static was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. AllMusic reviewer Tom Semioli felt that the band had "mastered the don't-bore-us-get-to-the-chorus approach to near perfection". Dan Aquilante of New York Post wrote that almost "every song has the potential to be a single", and aside from the "few retro passages" that "twist your brain - in that what-song-is-that-like way", he saw it as an original effort from the band. Rock Hard writer Marcus Schleutermann said that the tracks have a "catchiness of various bravo punk bands, but in contrast, are provided with charismatic rough edges". Sacramento News & Review David Jayne cautioned listeners: "When