Vancouver’s The Silence Industry introduces a new series of releases with “(Take Me) Offline” and “…and October awaits!”, a double single recorded in the project’s rebuilt home studio. Built primarily with guitar, bass, and drum machine, the two compositions explore various realms of the group’s influences, from shoegaze and Britpop to deathrock and progressive rock. The recordings also reflect the project’s longstanding DIY ethos, with production made largely using free and open-source software.
“(Take Me) Offline” is captivating from the get-go, beginning with lonesome-sounding, twangy guitars, moody bass, and slight percussive pit-pattering. A fiercer, invigorated rhythm section melds with textured, nocturnal guitar work thereafter, fondly resembling The Chameleons’ post-punk aesthetic as the haunting vocals follow that climactic build-up. “Breathing the words that come with the instancy of breath,” the vocals let out, riveting in the ensuing expanse to more soaring vocal inflections and whirring guitar intensity. “(Take Me) Offline” is a thorough success, excelling in its dark yet briskly melodic rock ardor.
The similarly compelling “…and October awaits!” swells from initial momentum-filled guitar murmurs and mirrored rhythms, then escalating into a feverish rhythmic dexterity and blaring guitar-powered entrancement. “The air was alive with anticipation,” the vocals commence, emitting suspense in both that lyrical prowess and ascending instrumentation, where rumbling guitars and fervent rhythms envelop wonderfully. “I’m on my way, we’re on our way,” they carry into a hooky, exulting segment, where resonant backing vocals add a further riveting quality. Both of these tracks are standout, mood-filled rock successes from The Silence Industry.
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“(Take Me) Offline)” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup.
