Windsor, Ontario rock band The Silence Factory has released the Official Video for “High,” the second single off of their upcoming EP due out later this year. Produced by Juno award winning and Grammy nominated producer Gavin Brown (3 Days Grace, Billy Talent) and the video directed by Jendo Shabo from Moonjump Productions.
“The story is a bit dark, but basically it’s about a guy who feels guilty about the death of his girlfriend – even though it’s absolutely not his fault. The video tries to capture that feeling that people have when bad stuff happens and they think they are to blame. But, in the end, the idea is that the girl comes back and tries to pull the guy into the road to get hit by a car and he realizes it at the last minute and pulls away. So, even though it’s dark it ends on a positive note. The guy finally realizes it’s not his fault so he can just be sad about the loss, but not blame himself.”
– Nathan McNevin (Vocals)
The band formed in October of 2015 and has been playing shows across Canada ever since. The band entered a number of competitions in 2016 and placed in the top 10 for their region in CBC Searchlight and took first place in the Windsor/Walkerville Fringe Festival Battle of the Bands. Notably in June of 2016 the band took first place in Rocksearch sponsored by 97.7 HTZ FM out of Niagara. This prestigious contest helped launch the careers of many rock bands including the Standstills, Glorious Sons, My Darkest Days, The Trews and Finger Eleven.
Their debut CD released in February 2016 has received critical acclaim from Canadian Beats magazine and the Windsor Independent magazine. Canadian Beats had this to say about the album:
Drawing on modern rock acts Reignwolf, the Living End, Billy Talent, Our Lady Peace, and Matthew Good, mixed with the classic sounds of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, NM&TSF are helping usher in a new wave of emo-rock with the listenability of pop, the intensity of emo, and the power of hard rock. This band has a sound that the riff aficionado, the hip dance, and the tortured writer can go to on a date together and all enjoy the show.
In music cinema and folklore, audiences appreciate the story of the long term musician plugging away for decades until finally making it, are awed by the sudden risen star, the musician who is discovered and instantly famous, or, through a series of fortunate musical events, creates a spontaneous and rapid name for themselves.
NM&TSF fall into the latter category, a group who, since forming last November, have had a series of serious commercial accolades including winning the 2016 97.7 HTZ-FM’s Rocksearch, being a Regional Top 10 finalist for CBC Searchlight, and being the 2016 Windsor-Walkerville Fringe Festival Battle Winners. NM&TSF carries a mighty rock and roll axe drawing serious blood with each swing.
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The first track “Land” opens with an electronic industrial vibe kicking into a big guitar riff and horror, Rob Zombie rhythm guitar, then continues to sound like the Living End writing a song for Billy Talent. As a bonus, “Land” has a well-shot, horror tinged video with a rubberized monster hand symbolizing emotional conflict and distress. Or maybe it is about a rubber monster hand…
“Unhappy” is a groovy, pop rock, sing along tune in the vein of the Wheatmonkeys with a nod to British vocal phrasing. It’s a song that makes feeling unhappy the happiest part of someone’s day.
“What Are You Doing” is the first glimpse of early Jordan Cook (Reignwolf) in a medium blues with shredding guitars. The back ground vocals are a mix of Oasis produced by Matthew Sweet, open “ahs” with well-produced harmonic pushes.
The title track “Collection of Thoughts”, “Dead Heroes”, and “Home” are Oasis having a few non-pretentious days writing solid tunes with Raine Maida making a few guest appearances on vocals. “Dead Heroes” and “Home” have the added touch of a string arrangement and the big, medium-paced open Oasis sound with emo-effected vocal pushes at the end, Paul McCartney if he fronted a metal band, or if the Rheostastics performed for a passing by ferry boat on the rocky beaches of Brighton.
All parts, shots and breaks are played in air-tight unison. Over-all, there is no slack on this album, production value is seamless without any misused space.
Lyrically the album discusses self-discovery, self-loss, and the repeated travels taken between the heart, mind, and soul. At times allegorical, at times pointed, listeners are taken on various emotional, physiological, and spiritual, journeys.
The closing tracks, “Prelude to Goodbye” and “Last Goodbye” are microcosms in the study of popular music history and forms. “Prelude to Goodbye” is an acoustic guitar song in the classic style of Jimmy Page with the open chord intensity of Pete Townsend. “Last Goodbye” continues the open Led Zeppelin rock transitioning into the Police for the verse, with Billy Talent guitar tracks in the back half. The chorus evokes Our Lady Peace melodically, sonically and vocally, referencing back to the Police / Billy Talent side project for the verses.
What’s Up for 2017
The Silence Factory will be travelling across Canada again in 2017. In between shows they will be working on recording new material and hope to put out a new album in the summer. The band’s latest single, High released in January of 2017 was produced by Gavin Brown at Noble Street Studios and the band plans to record one more single with Gavin in the spring. The band will also be working with Vic Branco at Iguana Studios.
SOURCE: Official Bio
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https://www.nathanmcnevinandthesilencefactory.com
https://www.facebook.com/NathanMcNevinMusician
https://soundcloud.com/nathan-mcnevin
https://twitter.com/NMSFband
https://www.instagram.com/the_silence_factory
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4EiiQ9ncAQ6tUSWKydwC9L
http://www.bandsintown.com/TheSilenceFactory
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