SILENCE IN THE SNOW unveil video single
of the title-track taken from the forthcoming new album
“Ghost Eyes”
SILENCE IN THE SNOW reveal a video clip of the title-track taken from the Californian dark wave duo‘s forthcoming new album “Ghost Eyes“, which is slated for release on September 22, 2023.
SILENCE IN THE SNOW comment: “After relocating to the forest, ‘Ghost Eyes’ was the first song that emerged as we began to write this record”, singer and guitarist Cyn M explains. “It came together almost immediately and we were both transported by the soaring, free flowing nature of the song, and it felt like exploring new found territory. The forward motion of the music is juxtaposed with a more somber lyrical reflection on existential struggles. The text deals with finding the resilience to overcome and transcend the darkness of everyday life.”
Tracklist
1. Drift
2. You Fade
3. To Hide
4. Dreams of Disbelief
5. Let the Wild In
6. A Colder View
7. Ghost Eyes Interlude
8. Ghost Eyes
9. All Fall Away
10. Death of the Heart
There are only a very few bands today that manage to combine the classic spirit of dark wave and post-punk with emotional musical intelligence. SILENCE IN THE SNOW can easily count themselves among this vanguard. The duo has in the meantime relocated from Oakland to Arcata in the North of California, a town situated at the picturesque Arcata Bay that opens into the Pacific Ocean, and surrounded on land by national parks and Redwood forests.
This move might in part explain why their third album “Ghost Eyes” comes with a warm, organic sound, and rich sonic textures that outshine already highly praised previous releases. “Ghost Eyes” carries a musical wisdom and maturity that makes the melodic, dreamy, expansive, and immersive songs on the album stand out well defined against a stylistic background that exists in a space between dark wave, post-punk, and alternative rock. There is pinch of THE CURE, JOY DIVISION, SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, THE MISSION, and even KILLING JOKE.
Yet the Americans have clearly defined their own sound, which also incorporates contemporary ingredients. Particularly the interplay between Cyn M and drummer Trevor DeSchryver, who has credits from WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and DEAFHEAVEN among many others to his name, is creating pure musical magic that gives acoustic form to the duo’s vision to capture a spiritual and temporal awakening that occurs as a result of all the challenges, obstacles, and trauma experienced on “Ghost Eyes”.
When Cyn M emerged with the self-released SILENCE IN THE SNOW debut “Break In The Skin” onto the Californian scene in 2016, the album offered a deliberately minimalist palette of sound with a clear focus on the emotional side of music. Rave reviews and word of mouth spread as far as across the Atlantic, but instead of resting on her laurels, Cyn M rather dared to venture into new sonic dimensions by adding real organic drumming to the sophomore full-length “Levitation Chamber” (2019).
Although “Levitation Chamber” was also greeted with open arms by critics and fans alike, in hindsight and by comparison, it also becomes evident that the second effort was still quite driven by experimentation and a search forward motion in fascinating ways. With their third album, the Californian duohave arrived where they want to be: “Ghost Eyes” is the defining album and the creative ground from which SILENCE IN THE SNOW will reach new emotional heights.
Release date: September 22, 2023
Style: Dark Wave, Post-Punk
Label: Prophecy Productions
Line-upCyn M – vocals, guitar
Trevor DeSchryver – drums
Guest musicians
Alex DeGroot – synths, additional guitar
Michael Ciravolo – additional guitars
Recording
Michael Rozon at SAINTinLA Studio, at Schecter Guitar Los Angeles HQ, USA
Additional recording, production, mix
Alex DeGroot at Alex DeGroot Productions, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mastering
Douglas Henderson at micro-moose-berlin, Berlin, Germany
Artwork by Trevor DeSchryver
Layout by Łukasz Jaszak
Links
www.silenceinthesnow.com
www.facebook.com/silenceinthesnow
www.instagram.com/silenceinthesnow__
Shop
http://lnk.spkr.media/ghost-eyes
Available formats
“Ghost Eyes” is available as a gatefold white vinyl LP, gatefold black vinyl LP, and as a Digipak CD.
