156/Silence Unleash New Single and Official Video Stream “Proxy Idols” From Upcoming New Album ‘From A Distance’
Out Friday, September 4 via Pure Noise Records
Pre-Order HERE | Watch HERE | Listen HERE
Performing at Inkcarceration on Saturday, July 18
On Tour With Chiodos Beginning Thursday, July 30
‘From A Distance’ US Headlining Tour Starting Wednesday, September 9Ticket Info HERE
Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, atmospheric metalcore powerhouse 156/Silence have shared their latest track, “Proxy Idols“ and the official video stream. Today’s release is taken from the quintet’s forthcoming new album ‘From A Distance’ set for release on Friday, September 4 (via Pure Noise Records). Speaking about the song, the band commented:
“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.” Pre-order ‘From A Distance’ at the link here, listen to “Proxy Idols“here and watch the video stream here or in the thumbnail below.
FROM A DISTANCE
156/Silence
Track Listing:
1. Control Burns
2. No Arms
3. Order & Entropy
4. Swept From Under (Call of The Void)
5. An Early Exit
6. Collateral (ft. Tony Castrati of Crippling Alchoholism)
7. Cannon Fodder (ft. Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada)
8. Secret Room
9. Proxy Idols
10. Phoenix Dies
11. From A Distance (ft. Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer)
12. After Dusk
After wrapping up the Mercia Tour with Thornhill last month, 156/Silence announced their US headliner ‘From A Distance Tour’ in support of the upcoming full-length, with a launch date of Wednesday, September 9 and support from Aviana, Heavensgate and Fromjoy. Prior to the headlining run’s kickoff, fans will have their chance to see the band perform at this year’s Inkcarceration Festival on Saturday, July 18 followed by the ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ tour with Chiodos, sace6, and Calva Louise beginning Thursday, July 30, with a handful of one-off headlining shows from Thursday, August 20 through Saturday, August 22 with Coldstate supporting. Tickets are on sale now at the link here, so be sure to get yours before it’s too late.
Inkcarceration Festival 2026
Sat Jul 18 — Mansfield, OH — Ohio State Reformatory*
It’s Not You, It’s Me Tour Dates with Chiodos, sace6 & Calva Louise
Thu, Jul 30 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Sat, Aug 1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell @ The Complex
Mon, Aug 3 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
Wed, Aug 5 – Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom
Thu, Aug 6 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Fri, Aug 7 – Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore
Sun, Aug 9 – Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre
Mon, Aug 10 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
Tue, Aug 11 – Saskatoon, SK @ Louis
Wed, Aug 12 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Fri, Aug 14 – St. Paul, MN @ Myth Live
Sat, Aug 15 – Green Bay, WI @ Epic Event Center
Sun, Aug 16 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Mon, Aug 17 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Wed, Aug 19 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
Sun, Aug 23 – Portland, ME @ State Theater
Tue, Aug 25 – Providence, RI @ Fete Ballroom
Wed, Aug 26 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
Fri, Aug 28 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
Sat, Aug 29 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
Upcoming 156/Silence Headlining One-Off Dates with Coldstate:
Thu, Aug 20 – Barrie, ON @ The Queens Night Club
Fri, Aug 21 – Syracuse, NY @ Song & Dance
Sat, Aug 22 – Albany, NY @ Empire Underground
‘From A Distance Tour’ US Headlining Dates with Aviana, Heavensgate & Fromjoy:
Wed Sep 9 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs
Thur Sep 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows
Fri Sep 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore
Sat Sep 12 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
Sun Sep 13 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
Tue Sep 15 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Wed Sep 16 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Thur Sep 17 – Winter Park, FL @ The Conduit
Fri Sep 18 – Jacksonville, FL @ Albatross
Sat Sep 19 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room
Sun Sep 20 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life*
Tue Sep 22 – Dallas, TX @ Puzzles Deep Ellum
Wed Sep 23 – San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
Fri Sep 25 – Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room
Sat Sep 26 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
Sun Sep 27 – Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
Wed Sep 30 – Kansas City, MO @ RecordBar
Fri Oct 02 – Detroit, MI @ TSDMAAC (Sanctuary)
Sat Oct 03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving
*Festival Date
ABOUT 156/SILENCE
156/Silence makes intense, foreboding, and haunting music. Their songs are cinematic, blending brutality with intellect. They draw on real and imagined terror, all woven into melody and power. Vocalist and lyricist Jack Murray, guitarist and primary songwriter Jimmy Howell, guitarist Ryan Wilkinson, drummer Kyle O’Connell, and bassist Mike Ernst form a formidable unit, forged through shared passions and losses since the band’s earliest incarnation first formed in Pittsburgh in 2015.
2024’s crowd pleaser, People Watching, was a watershed moment, boasting breakout anthems “Better Written Villain” and “Character Development (Cold Start).” Distorted Sound wrote, “There is enough in the band’s repertoire to not only keep you entertained but also keep you guessing.”
From a Distance, its spiritual sequel and the band’s first album with Pure Noise Records, ups the ante with gut-wrenching depth and atmosphere. Their sixth album is dark and ponderous yet triumphantly self-assured. (It follows the devastating standalone single “Our Parting Ways,” released in 2025 in loving tribute to longtime bassist Lukas Booker, who passed away unexpectedly earlier that year.)
The group’s reputation as a live force of nature was earned on the road, where they deliver audience connection and sonic devastation while touring with the likes of The Devil Wears Prada, Chiodos, Fit For A King, Counterparts, Silent Planet, and The Acacia Strain, among other contemporaries.
Produced by Josh Schroeder (King 810, Lorna Shore, The Plot In You), From a Distance finds 156/Silence heavy as hell, while leaning into atmosphere, mood, and emotional impact even harder. The group reverently namechecks classic game scores like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, and the heady concepts of prestige TV like Twin Peaks (a sample from Apple TV’s Severance opens the album).
Murray’s lyrics remain keenly observational, personal, and incisive. From a Distance serves as a bold thematic companion to its predecessor. While earlier records often documented tension at close range, From a Distance observes from a wider vantage point, examining social behavior, celebrity worship, intrusive thoughts, and interpersonal connection with steely focus.
That authenticity is crucial to the band’s ever-growing audience.
No two 156/Silence albums are alike, from the unhinged frenetic chaos of Undercover Scumbag (2018) to the gloriously savage and technical Irrational Pull (2020), which Metal Hammer likened to Converge and Botch. The diverse ruminations found in Narrative (2022) took things even further. BrooklynVegan called that album “bolder and richer” and “an exciting step forward for [the] band.”
People Watching continued the prolific outfit’s tradition of steadfast evolution and innovation. Revolver praised the dark melodic edge of the Animal Farm-inspired “Better Written Villain,” declaring, “156/Silence may have just penned an instant classic of their own canon.”
As Howell points out, they’d never really tried singing choruses and hooks prior to People Watching. “It went so well that we decided to double down on that.” From a Distance also features guest appearances from some formidable vocalists: Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada, Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer, and Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism. It also cranks up the soundscapes.
“I look toward bands we love that grew with their listeners, like Thrice and Bring Me The Horizon,” Howell says of their continuing creative mission. “They have a sound, but they grow and change. Some bands are comfortable repeating the same thing again. I don’t want to do that. I want to make you feel the way you do when you hear one of those important bands, without sounding like them.”
Murray describes the title track as “a love song” and “probably the most Twin Peaks-inspired song.”
From a Distance cuts deeper into People Watching’s lyrical heart. “Proxy Idols” tackles celebrity worship. “Order & Entropy” contemplates maintaining focus amid the utter devastation of things falling apart. “Swept from Under (Call of the Void)” sees Murray wrestling with intrusive thoughts. “They tell you to hurt yourself, even when you don’t feel bad,” he says. “It’s just the ever-looming shadow of weird and intrusive thoughts, and negativity, of just being swept from under by the void.”
From straightforward hard rock to synth-heavy experimentation and all the way back to the band’s deadly mathcore roots, 156/Silence have established themselves as unbound by any genre limitation. “We could go anywhere now, and that’s the goal,” Howell says. “Nothing is ever off the table.”
