Silent

Silent is a Mexicali-based outfit that cooks up a sonic stew that includes the darkness and tension of goth rock and the driving attack of punk. Jung Sing’s (Maniqui Lazer, All Leather) baritone vocals have drawn comparisons to Nick Cave —and rightfully so—but his delivery is channeled through with an aggression that is clearly coming from a punk foundation.

Silent’s debut LP, A Century of Abuse, is out in stores and the band has been garnering great press from the likes of Brooklyn Vegan, Noisey, and Clrvynt.

Silent was founded in Mexicali, Baja California in 2015. The band released their first LP, “A Century of Abuse”, on Three One G Records the following year. Since, they have only released a cover of The Cure’s “Prayers for Rain”, making this long- awaited upcoming sophomore LP their first full-length in five years. Silent’s music takes on various aural approaches, flowing between hypnotic, gothic and darkwave influence, as well as more fast-paced punk and post-punk, at times even crossing into the realm of catchy, surf-like riffs. Though Rocio Chavez’s drumming, Rodo Ibarra’s (Maniqui Lazer) bass, and Alex Lara’s guitar lines vary depending on the track, Jung Sing’s (Maniqui Lazer, All Leather) vocals are a common thread throughout, consistently emitting honeyed grief: soothing but woeful, desperate and yet in no rush, perhaps calling to mind something in the spirit of a Mexicali- reincarnated Nick Cave.