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156/Silence announce new EP ‘Don’t Hold Your Breath’

156/SILENCE have announced a new EP!

Titled Don’t Hold Your Breath, the upcoming EP from the Pittsburgh-based metallic hardcore band is the follow-up to 2020’s Irrational Pull, and is scheduled to be released in October this year, via SharpTone Records.

The upcoming EP was produced by Andy Nelson [WEEKEND NACHOS], mastered by Will Putney [EVERY TIME I DIE, THE GHOST INSIDE, KNOCKED LOOSE], and was written in tandem with a brand-new album. The four songs on the EP were recorded in only four days time.

Speaking about the new EP, guitarist Ryan Wilkinson says, “in 2020 the world went into lockdown, and widespread panic ensued. Many of us were isolated from our family, friends, and the lives we knew as we watched it all unfold. A lot of us experienced overwhelming feelings of fear, anxiety, helplessness, and uncertainty as we retreated further into ourselves. We as a band found something in that isolation, in the darkness of our thoughts. These are songs of reflection, loss, regret, and loneliness. At the end you might ask yourself if it was all just a dream? To that we say, Don’t Hold Your Breath.”

Alongside the announcement of the new EP, the band have released a new music video for the first song lifted from the upcoming release; The Wrong Sense. Speaking about the new song, vocalist Jack Murray says, “moments of weakness. A lapse of efficacy. The feelings of uncertainty and doubt that seem to only flourish once spoken. An innate aptitude to surmise the collapse: The Wrong Sense.”

Watch the official music video for The Wrong Sense here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new EP below:

Track List: 

1. Beginning’s End (Nobody’s Home)
2. A Violent Delight
3. The Wrong Sense
4. Coup De Grâce (The Final Blow)

Don't Hold Your Breath - 156 Silence

Don’t Hold Your Breath is set for release on October 29th via SharpTone Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on 156/SILENCE like their official page on Facebook.

James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.