GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING BAND SHARE NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “HANGING ON”
Today marks the release ofThe Silence in Between— the highly anticipated new album from GRAMMY® Award-winning duoBob Moses. GoHERE to stream/download the Los Angeles-based band’s third full-length, released via Domino Recording Company/Astralwerks. In celebration of The Silence in Between’s arrival, Bob Moses have shared a new single and video called “Hanging On,” a heavy-hearted but wildly life-affirming anthem.
The follow-up toBob Moses’ JUNO Award-nominated 2020 projectDesireand their first full-length since 2018’sBattle Lines(featuring the hit single“Back Down”),The Silence in Betweenfully captures what they refer to as the “ambient psychic unrest” of the current moment. With its moody collision of house music and emotionally potent pop, the album emerged from a period of immense upheaval in the lives of Vancouver-bred musicians/producersTom HowieandJimmy Vallance.
“Making this album was a way for us to process what we’d been going through and figure out how to move forward,” saysHowie. “We lost a good friend during the pandemic, I had my first child, Jimmy’s parents went through a divorce, and there were so many other world-shaking things happening around us. We were dealing with a lot of fear and uncertainty, and music became like our life raft. It allowed us to really focus in on the purity and the magic of our working relationship, to get back to trusting our instincts and just be as honest as possible.”
The fourth single released fromThe Silence in Between,“Hanging On”perfectly reflects the album’s duality of darkness and light, abounding in luminous melodies and effervescent rhythms even asBob Mosesspeak to a certain weariness at the world around them (e.g., “If everybody’s ruthless, I don’t know where we go”). “When there’s so much negativity and uncertainty you’ve got to find a way to push through, because otherwise everything crumbles into nihilism,” saysVallance. “That song came from asking ourselves, ‘Who do we put our faith in now?’, and then realizing that we had faith in each other and in our band. That’s what helped us to hang on.”
Directed byAdrian VillagomezandDerek Branscombeand produced byRepertoire, the video for“Hanging On”centers on a full-band performance of the track, playing for an intimate audience blissfully lost in the music. As the starkly lit visual unfolds, the ground around the stage begins to crumble away. In a profoundly moving metaphor for carrying on in troubled times, the chaos ultimately brings everyone closer together as they fight to lift each other up.
Prior to the release ofThe Silence in Between,Bob Mosesshared three hypnotic singles from the album:“Time And TimeAgain”(a November single accompanied by a spellbindingvideo);“Love Brand New”(a January release that cracked the Top 15 on the Alternative radio chart), and“Never Ending”(a February track praised by the likes ofClash, who hailed it as “indicative of the pair’s creative passions, blending ethereal electronics with the subtle use of club tropes”).
Bob Moses’ first full-length since signing to Astralwerks in a unique global partnership with Domino Recording Co.,The Silence in Betweenis the latest body of work in a dynamic catalog that also includes their acclaimed debut albumDays Gone By— a 2015 release featuring such standouts as“Tearing Me Up,”a Top 15 US Alternative radio hit nominated for two GRAMMY® Awards, with a remix fromRACwinning in the category of Best Remix Recording (Non-Classical).
Soon after the arrival ofThe Silence in Between, Bob Moseswill embark on a headlining tour of North America. Kicking offon March 20in Tucson, Arizona, the 25-date run will continuethrough May 21in Vancouver, with stops at such iconic venues asThe Greek Theatrein Los Angeles andThe Warfieldin San Francisco. Later this year,Bob Moseswill head overseas for tour dates atMelkwegin Amsterdam andKOKOin London. See below for the full itinerary.
Tour dates for Bob Moses
March 20Tucson, AZRialto Theatre*
March 21Phoenix, AZThe Van Buren*
March 22Albuquerque, NMSunshine Theater*
March 24Austin, TXStubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater*
March 25Houston, TXWhite Oak Music Hall*
March 26Dallas, TXSouth Side Music Hall*
March 28Atlanta, GAVariety Playhouse*
March 30Washington, DC9:30Club*
March 31Richmond, VAThe National*
April 2Brooklyn, NYGreat Hall at Avant Gardner*
April 3Brooklyn, NYGreat Hall at Avant Gardner
April 5Boston, MABig Night Live*
April 7Toronto, ONHistory*
April 8Montreal, QCMtelus*
April 9Ithaca, NYState Theatre*
April 10Pittsburgh, PAStage AE*
April 12Columbus, OHNewport Music Hall*
April 13Chicago, ILRiviera Theatre*
April 14Minneapolis, MNFirst Avenue*
April 15Lawrence, KSGranada Theater*
April 16Denver, COOgden Theatre*
April 17Boulder, COBoulder Theater*
May 12San Francisco, CAThe Warfield~
May 13Los Angeles, CAThe Greek Theatre^
May 19Portland, ORWonder Ballroom~
May 20Seattle, WAShowbox SoDo~
May 21Vancouver, BCMalkin Bowl~
November 8Amsterdam, NLMelkweg
November 16London, UKKOKO
* Support from Amtrac
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^ Support from Jon Hopkins
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