THE DROP
Pittsburgh metalcore outfit 156/Silence just dropped "Proxy Idols," a new single from their sixth album *From A Distance* (out September 4 via Pure Noise Records) ‡. The track takes direct aim at celebrity worship culture and the obsessive way people follow strangers' lives online *‡.
WHAT TO KNOW
- Sixth full-length, hitting shelves September 4 on Pure Noise Records ‡
- Features guest spots from Mike Hranica (The Devil Wears Prada), Tony Castrati (Crippling Alchoholism), and Alex Reade (Make Them Suffer) across the album's 12 tracks ‡
- Metal Injection describes the single as "aggressive yet melodic" ‡
- Band calls the phenomenon "almost as sad as it is maddening" *‡
THE TAKE
If you've been waiting for someone to call out the Instagram-brain rot of modern celebrity obsession in metalcore form, 156/Silence apparently showed up with receipts. With Hranica and Reade lending vocals elsewhere on the record, this Pittsburgh crew is clearly swinging for something bigger than their local scene this time around ‡.