Trickery, by THEN COMES SILENCE

Trickery

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about

Have you ever wondered what triumph over adversity sounds like?

The answer lies in 'Trickery', the seventh album from gothic post-punk legends Then Comes Silence.

It's 2022, and on the eve of their first-ever US tour and eager to promote their stellar albums 'Machine' (2020) and 'Hunger' (2022) for the first time, Then Comes Silence are suddenly and unexpectedly reduced to a three-piece. Would their famed darkwave wall-of-sound still work with just the three bandmembers? The answer was resoundingly positive, so much so that the band resolved to continue with the slimmed-down line-up on a permanent basis on further US (supporting Vision Video and The Bellwether Syndicate) and European tours, and now on their return to the studio. This inadvertent metamorphosis of the band has led to a different way of creating music and performing live.

To capture the heart and essence of the trio's live prowess, 'Trickery' was recorded in just three days in Kapsylen Studio in Stockholm. With Jonas Fransson (in the band since 2015) laying down an energetic punk backbeat and sleaze punk fan Hugo Zombie (a 2018 recruit) providing inventive and rhythmic guitar lines, the main focus remains on singer and bassist Alex Svenson, sole surviving member from the band's 2012 debut album, whose velvety croon and solid bass lines are enhanced on 'Trickery' by retro synth sounds reminiscent of his recent solo futurist wave project Neonpocalypse. "The electronic elements are essential to 'Trickery'," Alex says, "but are also a salute to punk music, the cradle of Then Comes Silence and the cradle of post-punk".

The band's existential crisis also resulted in a re-assessment of their very raison d'être, and this is reflected lyrically on the new album. Then Comes Silence explain that 'Trickery' celebrates friendship, unity and the feeling of belonging to a group, a tribe. "Being a part of what many people call 'the goth and post-punk community' is a great privilege. After being on the road meeting people from the music scene for so many years, we have experienced a caring and welcoming community. Both old and young, some with a similar background and some just for the love of the music and the culture that comes with the lifestyle. No-one is free from apprehension and fear. Everyone feels some kind of alienation to a certain extent. You might often think you need to camouflage yourself to feel part of a scene, to make a change to fit into the group. The need for friendship is strong, so you adapt. Maybe not always the way you hoped, but then... there are moments when we unite and harmonize with other people and feel an incredible community together. That feeling is priceless and a blessing. Friendship is love. It is important and worth fighting for."

credits

released April 5, 2024

Alex Svenson - vocals, bass and synthezisers
Jonas Fransson - drums
Hugo Zombie - guitars

Produced by
Alex Svenson

Mixed by
Tom van Heesch (Rammstein, Backyard Babies)

Additional musicians:
Dusty Gannon (Vision Video)
Emma Nylén (Emmon)
Gözde Duzer (Aux Animaux)
Jörgen Wall (Whale, Thåström, among others)

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THEN COMES SILENCE Sweden

Then Comes Silence are one of the leading bands in the dark scene of Sweden since 2012.

Labels: Nuclear Blast, Metropolis, Nexilis, SPV, Novoton

"Then Comes Silence are everything a band should be - good tunes, good playing and singing, and good looking." Wayne Hussey

"I can see them being huge" Dani Filth

Booking EU:
dolores@we-live.agency

Booking U.S.A.: andrew@rockyroadtouring.com ... more

shows

Apr 27

Bar le Ritz PDB

Montreal, QC
Apr 28

Velvet Underground

Toronto, ON
Apr 30

Beachland Ballroom

Cleveland, OH
May 1

The Pyramid Scheme

Grand Rapids, MI
May 2

Subterranean

Chicago, IL
May 3

The Cracked Fox

St Louis, MO
May 4

Fox Den Motel

Dubuque, IA
May 4

Raccoon Motel

Davenport, IA
May 6

Green Room

Minneapolis, MN
May 7

recordBar

Kansas City, MO
May 8

Art Sanctuary

Louisville, KY
May 9

Small's

Hamtramck, MI
May 10

Metro Baltimore

Baltimore, MD
May 11

Space Ballroom

Hamden, CT
May 12

The Meadows

Brooklyn, NY
Jun 8

Haus Witten

Witten, Germany
Nov 1

Whitby Pavilion

Whitby, UK
Nov 1

The Camden Club

London, UK
Nov 15

Oceanen

Gothenburg, Sweden
Nov 16

Basement

Copenhagen, Denmark

discography

Trickery

Apr 2024
Hunger

Jul 2022
HORSEMEN - Death

Oct 2021
HORSEMEN - Famine

Oct 2021
HORSEMEN - Pestilence

Oct 2021
HORSEMEN - War

Oct 2021
When You're Gone

Jun 2021
Machine

Mar 2020
Blood

Oct 2017
NYCTOPHILIAN

Mar 2015
Then Comes Silence II

Oct 2013
Then Comes Silence

Nov 2012

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