Minneapolis-based sadfolks A Whisper in the Noise make a triumphant return with their latest album for Germany’s Exile on Mainstream Records, To Forget. It’s out April 10 in North America. Of course, by “triumphant” I mean “lingering” and “slow.” (And I mean it in the best possible way.) After all, this is a band that proudly named their new tracks things like “Sad, Sad Song” and takes inspiration from nature, as well as avant-garde luminaries like Arvo Pärt, Phillip Glass and Roger Waters.
But this is also a band beloved by legendary producer and professional Loud Dude Steve Albini. The Big Black/Rapeman/Shellac genius recorded A Whisper in the Noise’s first album, Through the Ides of March in a mere two days, and then asked the band to open for HIS band, Shellac, in Europe. A Whisper in the Noise have performed at All Tomorrow’s Parties, been featured in the M. Night Shyamalan film Lady in the Water, and again in the 2009 art world scandals/politics documentary The Art of the Steal by Don Argott. Although the band (undeservedly) sometimes lives up to their name here in the States, the past several years have seen AWITN embarking on a multitude of massively successful European tours. So take note, all you Yankees who’ve been sleepin’ on them! A Whisper in the Noise may be quiet, but that doesn’t mean they won’t blow your mind. This is one release you don’t want To Forget.
Tracklisting:
01. To Forget
02. Black Shroud
03. A Sea Estranging Us
04. All My
05. Sad, Sad Song
06. Every Blade of Grass
07. Maya’s Song
08. Your Hand
09. Of This Sorrow
• A Whisper in the Noise: https://www.facebook.com/awitn
• Exile on Mainstream: http://www.mainstreamrecords.de
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