Silverstein have released their new single, “Die Alone” featuring guest vocals from Comeback Kid‘s Andrew Neufeld. The explosive track easily marks Silverstein’s heaviest song to date, and is taken from their upcoming album, Misery Made Me, out May 6th. Listen to it and watch the video now below.
Of the song, vocalist Shane Told shared, “Our roots are in fast hardcore and punk, it’s a style we have touched on over the years, but with the frustration and anger I felt at the time, I wanted to take this one all the way. I knew the song could benefit from a second voice, and thought of Andrew immediately. His signature snarl and delivery put this thing over the top.
Lyrically, “Die Alone” discusses the power imbalance that often happens in one-sided friendships – where a toxic person controls another. It’s a classic theme, but one we have seen a lot more over the past few years with misinformation leading to tremendous pressure from people to act a certain way, or vote a certain way, or become a puppet for a negative cause.”
“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. We somehow wrote the heaviest, saddest, catchiest, and most emotional songs in 22 years of being a band … all on the same album,” reveals Told on the band’s upcoming album, Misery Made Me.
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 the 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.
SILVERSTEIN LIVE DATES:
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Apr 07 – Phoenix, AZ | Van Buren ~
Apr 09 – Lubbock, TX | Lonestore Amphitheatre ~
Apr 10 – Oklahoma City, OK | The Criterion ~
Apr 12 – Austin, TX | Stubbs ~
Apr 13 – Edinburg, TX | Bert Ogden Arena ~
Apr 15 – Corpus Christi, TX | Concrete Street Amphitheatre ~
Apr 17 – Nashville, TN | Wildhorse Saloon ~
Apr 19 – St Augustine, FL | St Augustine Amphitheatre ~
Apr 21 – Columbia, SC | The Senate ~
Apr 22 – Richmond, VA | The National ~
Apr 23 – Raleigh, NC | The Ritz ~
Apr 24 – Norfolk, VA | The Norva ~
Apr 26 – Providence, RI | The Strand ~
Apr 27 – Long Island, NY | The Paramount ~
Apr 29 – Trenton, NJ | Cure Insurance Arena ~
Apr 30 – New Haven, CT | College Street Music Hall ~
May 01 – Rochester, NY | The Armory ~
May 03 – Louisville, KY | Old Forester’s Paristown Hall ~
Jun 03 – Leeds, UK | Slam Dunk
Jun 04 – Hatfield, UK | Slam Dunk
Jun 06 – Lille, FR | TBC w/ August Burns Red
Jun 07 – Augsburg, DE | Kantine
Jun 08 – Budapest, HU | Budapest Park w/ Billy Talent
Jun 11 – Bremen, DE | Tower
Jun 12 – Aarhus, DK | Train w/ Beartooth, August Burns Red
Jun 14 – Hannover, DE | MusikZentrum w/ Beartooth
Jun 15 – Hamburg, DE | Gruenspan w/ Being As An Ocean, Sperling
Jun 17 – Bischofsmais.DE | Rock the Hill (Festival)
Jun 18 – Mannheim, DE | Delta Bash (Festival)
Jun 19 – Pratteln, CH | Z7 Wild Dayz (Festival)
Jun 21 – Milan, IT | INFEST (Festival)
Jun 22 – Graz, AT | Orpheum w/ Beartooth
Jun 23 – Nuremberg, DE | Z-Bau w/ Beartooth
Jun 24 – Ysselsteyn, NL | Jera On Air (Festival)
Jun 25 – Munster, DE | Vainstream (Festival)
Jun 26 – Ferropolis, DE | Full Force (Festival)
Aug 06 – Columbus, OH | Express Live ~
Oct 22 – Las Vegas, NV | WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Festival
Oct 23 – Las Vegas, NV | WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Festival
Oct 29 – Las Vegas, NV | WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Festival
Nov 08 – Emo’s Not Dead Cruise | Los Angeles, CA – Ensenada, Mexico
~ w/ Beartooth, The Devil Wears Prada, ERRA