Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, atmospheric metalcore powerhouse 156/Silence have shared their latest track, “Proxy Idols” and the official video stream. Today’s release is taken from the quintet’s forthcoming new album ‘From A Distance’ set for release on 4th September 2026 (via Pure Noise Records). Speaking about the song, the band commented: “Celebrity worship is more prevalent than ever. They come and go as they do, being forced into our faces until then the next batch comes through. People’s obsessive compulsion to follow other people’s lives that they’ll never once meet. It’s almost as sad as it is maddening.” Pre-order ‘From A Distance’ at the link here, listen to “Proxy Idols” here and watch the video stream here or in the thumbnail below. 
FROM A DISTANCE
Track Listing: 1. Control Burns 2. No Arms 3. Order & Entropy 4. Swept From Under (Call of The Void) 5. An Early Exit 6. Collateral (ft. Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism) 7. Cannon Fodder (ft. Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada) 8. Secret Room 9. Proxy Idols 10. Phoenix Dies 11. From A Distance (ft. Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer) 12. After Dusk After wrapping up the Mercia Tour with Thornhill last month, 156/Silence announced their US headliner ‘From A Distance Tour’ in support of the upcoming full-length, with a launch date of 9th September and support from Aviana, Heavensgate and Fromjoy. Prior to the headlining run’s kickoff, fans will have their chance to see the band perform at this year’s Inkcarceration Festival on18th July followed by the ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ tour with Chiodos, sace6, and Calva Louise beginning 30th July. There will be a handful of one-off headlining shows late Summer before they return to the UK and EU in support of The Devil Wears Prada. Tickets are on sale now at the link here, so be sure to get yours before it’s too late. Inkcarceration Festival 202618 July 2026 — Mansfield, OH — Ohio State Reformatory* “It’s Not You, It’s Me” Tour Dateswith Chiodos, sace6 & Calva Louise 30 July 2026 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
1 August 2026 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell @ The Complex
3 August 2026 — Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
5 August 2026 — Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom
6 August 2026 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
7 August 2026 — Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore
9 August 2026 — Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre
10 August 2026 — Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
11 August 2026 — Saskatoon, SK @ Louis
12 August 2026 — Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
14 August 2026 — St. Paul, MN @ Myth Live
15 August 2026 — Green Bay, WI @ Epic Event Center
16 August 2026 — Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
17 August 2026 — Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
19 August 2026 — Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
23 August 2026 — Portland, ME @ State Theater
25 August 2026 — Providence, RI @ Fete Ballroom
26 August 2026 — Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
28 August 2026 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
29 August 2026 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl 156/Silence Headlining One-Off Dates
with Coldstate20 August 2026 — Barrie, ON @ The Queens Night Club
21 August 2026 — Syracuse, NY @ Song & Dance
22 August 2026 — Albany, NY @ Empire Underground “From A Distance Tour” US Headlining Dateswith Aviana, Heavensgate & Fromjoy 9 September 2026 — Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs
10 September 2026 — Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows
11 September 2026 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore
12 September 2026 — Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
13 September 2026 — Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
15 September 2026 — Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
16 September 2026 — Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
17 September 2026 — Winter Park, FL @ The Conduit
18 September 2026 — Jacksonville, FL @ Albatross
19 September 2026 — Greenville, SC @ Radio Room
20 September 2026 — Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life*
22 September 2026 — Dallas, TX @ Puzzles Deep Ellum
23 September 2026 — San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
25 September 2026 — Mesa, AZ @ Rosetta Room
26 September 2026 — Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
27 September 2026 — Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
30 September 2026 — Kansas City, MO @ RecordBar
2 October 2026 — Detroit, MI @ TSDMAAC (Sanctuary)
3 October 2026 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Festival Date UK/EU Tour Dates With The Devil Wears Prada 07 Oct 2026 — München, DE — Backstage Werk
08 Oct 2026 — Brussels, BE — Schlachthof
09 Oct 2026 — Hamburg, DE — Docks
10 Oct 2026 — Eindhoven, NL — Effenaar
12 Oct 2026 — Vienna, AT — Szene
13 Oct 2026 — Prague, CZ — Archa+
14 Oct 2026 — Cologne, DE — E-Werk
17 Oct 2026 — Antwerp, BE — Zappa
18 Oct 2026 — Paris, FR — Élysée Montmartre
20 Oct 2026 — Bristol, UK — Electric Bristol
21 Oct 2026 — Leeds, UK — Project House
23 Oct 2026 — London, UK — Brixton Electric
24 Oct 2026 — Manchester, UK — New Century Hall
25 Oct 2026 — Birmingham, UK — Institute 1
Tickets here ABOUT 156/SILENCE 156/Silence makes intense, foreboding, and haunting music. Their songs are cinematic, blending brutality with intellect. They draw on real and imagined terror, all woven into melody and power. Vocalist and lyricist Jack Murray, guitarist and primary songwriter Jimmy Howell, guitarist Ryan Wilkinson, drummer Kyle O’Connell, and bassist Mike Ernst form a formidable unit, forged through shared passions and losses since the band’s earliest incarnation first formed in Pittsburgh in 2015. 2024’s crowd pleaser, People Watching, was a watershed moment, boasting breakout anthems “Better Written Villain” and “Character Development (Cold Start).” Distorted Sound wrote, “There is enough in the band’s repertoire to not only keep you entertained but also keep you guessing.” From a Distance, its spiritual sequel and the band’s first album with Pure Noise Records, ups the ante with gut-wrenching depth and atmosphere. Their sixth album is dark and ponderous yet triumphantly self assured. (It follows the devastating standalone single “Our Parting Ways,” released in 2025 in loving tribute to longtime bassist Lukas Booker, who passed away unexpectedly earlier that year.) The group’s reputation as a live force of nature was earned on the road, where they deliver audience connection and sonic devastation while touring with the likes of The Devil Wears Prada, Chiodos, Fit For A King, Counterparts, Silent Planet, and The Acacia Strain, among other contemporaries. Produced by Josh Schroeder (King 810, Lorna Shore, The Plot In You), From a Distance finds 156/Silence heavy as hell, while leaning into atmosphere, mood, and emotional impact even harder. The group reverently namechecks classic game scores like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, and the heady concepts of prestige TV like Twin Peaks (a sample from Apple TV’s Severance opens the album). Murray’s lyrics remain keenly observational, personal, and incisive. From a Distance serves as a bold thematic companion to its predecessor. While earlier records often documented tension at close range, From a Distance observes from a wider vantage point, examining social behavior, celebrity worship, intrusive thoughts, and interpersonal connection with steely focus. That authenticity is crucial to the band’s ever-growing audience. No two 156/Silence albums are alike, from the unhinged frenetic chaos of Undercover Scumbag (2018) to the gloriously savage and technical Irrational Pull (2020), which Metal Hammer likened to Converge and Botch. The diverse ruminations found in Narrative (2022) took things even further. BrooklynVegan called that album “bolder and richer” and “an exciting step forward for [the] band.” People Watching continued the prolific outfit’s tradition of steadfast evolution and innovation. Revolver praised the dark melodic edge of the Animal Farm-inspired “Better Written Villain,” declaring, “156/Silence may have just penned an instant classic of their own canon.” As Howell points out, they’d never really tried singing choruses and hooks prior to People Watching. “It went so well that we decided to double down on that.” From a Distance also features guest appearances from some formidable vocalists: Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada, Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer, and Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism. It also cranks up the soundscapes. “I look toward bands we love that grew with their listeners, like Thrice and Bring Me The Horizon,” Howell says of their continuing creative mission. “They have a sound, but they grow and change. Some bands are comfortable repeating the same thing again. I don’t want to do that. I want to make you feel the way you do when you hear one of those important bands, without sounding like them.” Murray describes the title track as “a love song” and “probably the most Twin Peaks-inspired song.” From a Distance cuts deeper into People Watching’s lyrical heart. “Proxy Idols” tackles celebrity worship. “Order & Entropy” contemplates maintaining focus amid the utter devastation of things falling apart. “Swept from Under (Call of the Void)” sees Murray wrestling with intrusive thoughts. “They tell you to hurt yourself, even when you don’t feel bad,” he says. “It’s just the ever-looming shadow of weird and intrusive thoughts, and negativity, of just being swept from under by the void.” From straightforward hard rock to synth-heavy experimentation and all the way back to the band’s deadly mathcore roots, 156/Silence have established themselves as unbound by any genre limitation. “We could go anywhere now, and that’s the goal,” Howell says. “Nothing is ever off the table.” 156/SILENCE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘FROM A DISTANCE’ IS OUT 4TH SEPTEMBER 2026 | 
