Pittsburgh’s atmospheric metalcore heavyweights 156/Silence are not slowing down. The quintet just unleashed “Proxy Idols,” the latest single and official video from their forthcoming sixth album ‘From A Distance,’ due Friday, September 4 via Pure Noise Records. It’s their first full-length for the label, and if this track is any indication, it’s going to hit like a freight train wrapped in fog.

Listen to “Proxy Idols” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2GurqhHKPXcKtBEnPvyQ7X

“Celebrity worship is more prevalent than ever,” the band says of the new song. “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.”

That razor-focused social commentary is the connective tissue running through ‘From A Distance.’ Where 2024’s breakout ‘People Watching’ documented tension up close, this record steps back and takes in the whole rotten panorama — celebrity obsession, intrusive thoughts, the slow erosion of real human connection. Vocalist Jack Murray’s lyrics remain personal and incisive, while guitarist and primary songwriter Jimmy Howell leans harder than ever into atmosphere, mood, and cinematic weight. Produced by Josh Schroeder (King 810, Lorna Shore, The Plot In You), the album pulls influence from prestige TV like Twin Peaks and Severance, and even classic survival horror game scores like Resident Evil and Silent Hill. It’s heavy, it’s heady, and it refuses to sit still in any one genre lane.

The tracklist also boasts a stacked guest roster: Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada appears on “Cannon Fodder,” Alex Reade of Make Them Suffer lends vocals to the title track, and Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism turns up on “Collateral.”

‘From A Distance’ Tracklist:
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

156/Silence are hitting the road hard behind the record. They’ll play Inkcarceration Festival on Saturday, July 18 at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH, before jumping onto the ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ tour with Chiodos, sace6, and Calva Louise beginning Thursday, July 30 in Denver. A trio of headlining one-offs with Coldstate follow August 20–22, then the band launches their own ‘From A Distance’ US headlining tour on Wednesday, September 9 in Worcester, MA, with support from Aviana, Heavensgate, and Fromjoy. The run wraps up October 3 back home in Pittsburgh.

Inkcarceration Festival 2026
Sat Jul 18 — Mansfield, OH — Ohio State Reformatory

‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ Tour with Chiodos, sace6 & Calva Louise
Thu Jul 30 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
Sat Aug 1 — Salt Lake City, UT — Rockwell @ The Complex
Mon Aug 3 — Boise, ID — Knitting Factory
Wed Aug 5 — Bend, OR — Midtown Ballroom
Thu Aug 6 — Spokane, WA — Knitting Factory
Fri Aug 7 — Vancouver, BC — The Commodore
Sun Aug 9 — Calgary, AB — The Palace Theatre
Mon Aug 10 — Edmonton, AB — Union Hall
Tue Aug 11 — Saskatoon, SK — Louis
Wed Aug 12 — Winnipeg, MB — Burton Cummings Theatre
Fri Aug 14 — St. Paul, MN — Myth Live
Sat Aug 15 — Green Bay, WI — Epic Event Center
Sun Aug 16 — Chicago, IL — House of Blues
Mon Aug 17 — Chicago, IL — House of Blues
Wed Aug 19 — Toronto, ON — The Concert Hall
Sun Aug 23 — Portland, ME — State Theater
Tue Aug 25 — Providence, RI — Fete Ballroom
Wed Aug 26 — Huntington, NY — The Paramount
Fri Aug 28 — Asheville, NC — The Orange Peel
Sat Aug 29 — Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl

Headlining One-Offs with Coldstate
Thu Aug 20 — Barrie, ON — The Queens Night Club
Fri Aug 21 — Syracuse, NY — Song & Dance
Sat Aug 22 — Albany, NY — Empire Underground

‘From A Distance’ US Headlining Tour with Aviana, Heavensgate & Fromjoy
Wed Sep 9 — Worcester, MA — Palladium Upstairs
Thu Sep 10 — Brooklyn, NY — The Meadows
Fri Sep 11 — Philadelphia, PA — The Foundry @ The Fillmore
Sat Sep 12 — Baltimore, MD — Soundstage
Sun Sep 13 — Richmond, VA — Canal Club
Tue Sep 15 — Durham, NC — Motorco Music Hall
Wed Sep 16 — Atlanta, GA — Terminal West
Thu Sep 17 — Winter Park, FL — The Conduit
Fri Sep 18 — Jacksonville, FL — Albatross
Sat Sep 19 — Greenville, SC — Radio Room
Sun Sep 20 — Louisville, KY — Louder Than Life (Festival)
Tue Sep 22 — Dallas, TX — Puzzles Deep Ellum
Wed Sep 23 — San Antonio, TX — The Rock Box
Fri Sep 25 — Mesa, AZ — Rosetta Room
Sat Sep 26 — Santa Ana, CA — The Observatory
Sun Sep 27 — Sacramento, CA — Goldfield Trading Post
Wed Sep 30 — Kansas City, MO — RecordBar
Fri Oct 2 — Detroit, MI — TSDMAAC (Sanctuary)
Sat Oct 3 — Pittsburgh, PA — Preserving

Pre-order ‘From A Distance’ now, stream “Proxy Idols” wherever you get your music, and lock in your tickets before these rooms sell out — because they will.