SILVERSTEIN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘MISERY MADE ME’, OUT MAY 6

It’s both intriguing and inspiring that a band – who could have merely rested on the impressive legacy they’ve  already cemented – would continue to dig deep and find the inspiration to reach people in meaningful new ways. On Misery Made Me – and their 22nd lap around the scene – Silverstein ultimately find themselves spring-boarding off the heights they’ve reached over the past handful of years.

“For the first time in our career, we truly put it all out there. We went into this with no rules and no preconceived notions of what Silverstein is or what it could be.  The results are bold.  We somehow wrote the heaviest, saddest, catchiest, and most emotional songs in 22 years of being a band … all on the same album,” reveals vocalist Shane Told.

Out today, the album’s lead single ‘Ultraviolet’ is about feeling powerless and under the control of the chemicals in your brain. Guitarist Paul Marc Rousseau explains,“Ultraviolet being invisible felt like the right way to describe it – to get lost in this unseeable thing. Ultraviolet light also causes physical damage to our skin, so it serves as a sort of ‘proof’ that something invisible like anxiety can hurt us.”

Alongside the single release comes a striking new music video directed by Wyatt Clough.

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘ULTRAVIOLET’

Misery Made Me was produced by Sam Guaiana (A Beautiful Place To Drown and both Redux) at Jukasa Studios in rural Ontario, Canada and features guests includingAndrew Neufeld of Comeback Kid, singer/songwriter Trevor Daniel, Devil Wears Prada’s Mike Hranica and nothing,nowhere.

Silverstein hit the road in support of the record next month, tackling a US run of dates with Beartooth, a UK/EU leg and performances at WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Festival and the Emo’s Not Dead Cruise.

TRACKLIST:
1. Our Song
2. Die Alone (ft. Andrew Neufeld)
3. Ultraviolet
4. Cold Blood (ft. Trevor Daniel)
5. It’s Over
6. The Altar / Mary
7. Slow Motion (ft. Mike Hranica)
8. Don’t Wait Up
9. Bankrupt
10. Live Like This (ft. nothing, nowhere.)
11. Misery

Ironically, amid all the positivity and connectivity injected into the creation of Misery Made Me, there comes a dark set of themes underpinning the album, as its title might suggest. The album is a depiction of Silverstein – and world at large’s – collective turmoil, frustration, and anxiety.

“I wanted to explore the meaning of ‘Misery’ as a main theme throughout the album,” says Told. “Despite the mountains climbed and boulders pushed during recent years, we were confronted by the  weight and misery of staying relatively in the same place for a long period of time. Finding peace in the reality of this misery became important. The record is about the acceptance of a new reality and adapting to it.” 

Ultimately, Misery Made Me finds the band trying to navigate the ever-worsening challenges of our modern  world – angst, doomscrolling, and disassociation. It’s a record that is a product of the moment in time in which  it was created yet doesn’t feel like it will date itself anytime soon, as many of its topics of loneliness, anxiety  and isolation are eternal human struggles.

Exemplified by the anthemic opener “Our Song”, Misery Made Me is part acceptance of the band’s personal  miseries, and part declaration that they will not be buried by them. At the back end of the record lies “Live Like This” (ft. nothing,nowhere.) and arguably its most bleak and haunting lyric: “I don’t want to die, but I can’t live  like this.”Singles ‘It’s Over’ and ‘Ultraviolet’ dive deeper into this feeling of desperation, describing the utter helplessness of losing control to anxiety.

Misery Made Me is a campaign hinged on Silverstein’s reflection and gratitude for their roots, their honouring of their earliest fans, and their staunch desire to explore forward-thinking and adventurous ways to connect with new ones.