The Silence Cries - Silent Eyes (1987)

Here’s the debut album from Swiss post-punk/new wave band The Silence Cries, released in 1987. 

This three piece band reminds me quite a bit of Mecano, Svätsox, Razor Penguins, early Modern English, and other rickety, yet powerful post-punk bands from the early/mid 80s. 

There’s also quite a bit of sax, trumpet, and accordion throughout the LP, which adds a nice bit of tension. It’s quite an eclectic album – there’s a lot of variation and dynamic range across the album, and the band occasionally flirts with jangle pop, NDW, and more experimental shades, but still retains that gloomy post-punk sound I love so dearly.

The Silence Cries has a rather modest discography,  three albums and two singles, all of which were released on the Winterschatten label. 

I couldn’t say how their sound evolved on their second and third album, but I’d be curious to find out one of these days. As always, feel free to drop a line if you have any of their other releases, and perhaps you’ll find the band’s first 7” single here soon enough.

Tracklist

1.  Change - 3:42

2.  Emotions - 3:23

3.  Grieni Auge - 4:42

4.  Fische Nur - 2:38

5.  Silent Eyes - 2:53

6.  Violence Is Growing - 6:05

7.  Why Should I Dance - 2:49

8.  Slow Death - 3:36

9.  In My Brain - 3:48

10.  Another Beer - 3:48

11.  Frontiers - 2:48

12.  Killed By Unfeeling - 4:57

Credits

• Engineer – Stefan Hugye
• Producer – Stefan Hugye

Notes

Released: 1987

Genre: Post-punk, New Wave

Length: 45:15

Label: Winterschatten Records

https://systemsofromance.com/SOR/silencecries.zip