156/Silence share Proxy Idols as From A Distance takes shape
156/Silence have released Proxy Idols, a new single taken from their forthcoming album From A Distance, due on 4 September 2026 via Pure Noise Records. The track arrives with an official video stream and continues the Pittsburgh band’s run of bleak, cinematic metalcore with a sharper focus on online fixation and celebrity culture.
The band said the song was inspired by the way public obsession is funnelled towards a constant stream of rotating figures. “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 here, and stream the single here.
Guest vocals and bigger atmospheric swings
From A Distance is the band’s first album for Pure Noise Records and features guest appearances from Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism, Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada and Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer. Produced by Josh Schroeder, the record pushes further into atmosphere and emotional weight without letting go of the band’s harsher edges.
The title track, according to vocalist Jack Murray, is “a love song” and “probably the most Twin Peaks-inspired song” on the album. Elsewhere, the record takes in celebrity worship on Proxy Idols, manic disruption on Order & Entropy, and intrusive thoughts on Swept from Under (Call of The Void).
The album runs to 12 tracks:
- Control Burns
- No Arms
- Order & Entropy
- Swept From Under (Call of The Void)
- An Early Exit
- Collateral (ft. Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism)
- Cannon Fodder (ft. Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada)
- Secret Room
- Proxy Idols
- Phoenix Dies
- From A Distance (ft. Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer)
- After Dusk
A busy stretch of live dates through summer and autumn
The new album cycle arrives with a packed live schedule. 156/Silence will hit tickets are on sale now for the autumn run, which includes a US headlining leg with Aviana, Heavensgate and Fromjoy, plus a UK and European trek with The Devil Wears Prada this October.
Inkcarceration Festival 2026
- 18 July 2026 — Mansfield, OH — Ohio State Reformatory*
“It’s Not You, It’s Me” Tour Dates
with 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 Coldstate
- 20 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 Dates
with 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
UK/EU Tour Dates With The Devil Wears Prada
- 7 Oct 2026 — München, DE — Backstage Werk
- 8 Oct 2026 — Brussels, BE — Schlachthof
- 9 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
