156/Silence are digging deeper into the themes behind their upcoming album From A Distance, unveiling new single Proxy Idols alongside an official video, and this time the target is impossible to miss.
Following the release of lead track No Arms and the announcement of their sixth full length, Pennsylvania heavy outfit 156/Silence have delivered another glimpse into the record’s darker emotional and social territory.
Where No Arms turned inward, Proxy Idols looks outward, the track takes aim at celebrity obsession and the increasingly relentless cycle of public fixation, delivered through the band’s signature collision of atmosphere, aggression and cinematic tension.
156/Silence ‘Proxy Idols’
Speaking on the new release, the band explained:
“Celebrity worship is more prevalent than ever. They come and go as they do, being forced into our faces until then the next batch comes through. People’s obsessive compulsion to follow other people’s lives that they’ll never once meet. It’s almost as sad as it is maddening.”
That theme lines up closely with the wider vision behind From A Distance, a record built around stepping back and examining behaviour, connection and the increasingly strange ways people interact with each other and the world around them.
Produced by Josh Schroeder (King 810, Lorna Shore, The Plot In You), the album continues the evolution 156/Silence pushed into with People Watching, expanding beyond straight chaos into something broader, moodier and more unpredictable.
The band’s growing willingness to experiment remains front and centre too, across the new record there are nods to horror game atmosphere, expansive sound design and sharper melodic moments sitting alongside the mathcore intensity that originally defined them.
From A Distance also brings in a stacked lineup of guest appearances including Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada, Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer and Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism.
With touring plans already locked and anticipation building around the full release, Proxy Idols suggests 156/Silence are less interested in repeating themselves and more interested in seeing how far they can stretch their sound.
156/Silence ‘From A Distance’
156/Silence ‘From A Distance’ Track List:
- Control Burns
- No Arms
- Order & Entropy
- Swept From Under (Call of The Void)
- An Early Exit
- Collateral (ft. Tony Castrati of Crippling Alchoholism)
- Cannon Fodder (ft. Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada)
- Secret Room
- Proxy Idols
- Phoenix Dies
- From A Distance (ft. Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer)
- After Dusk
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