Alt Rock Band City Of Sound Premiere SILENT EMPIRE I EP Ahead Of 1/11 Release

Independent alternative rock band City of Sound have been building accolades throughout 2018 preparing for the release of Silent Empire, the band's forthcoming full-length album that's being released in three parts. Part one, Silent Empire I, premiered with Stereo Embers Magazine yesterday (1/8) ahead of its public release this Friday, January 11. On the same day, the strong-willed band will host a release show in Los Angeles as they headline El Cid with opener East of Eli. Few tickets remain available here.

Splitting their debut full-length album into three parts, Silent Empire I boasts four tracks including "Odyssey" and "The Madhouse" which showcases the band's anthemic sound built on earworm melodies arrangements and hooks.

Listen to latest single "The Madhouse" here.

Watch the official music video for "Odyssey" here.

"Our specific sound was always the vision," says Jordan Wright (vocals/piano). "I had wanted to create something that makes people feel epic and punches them right in the face with hope. Luckily, I found two people who wanted to be a part of the same thing."

Rounding out the City of Sound trio is Andrew Leigh on guitar and Lacey Nova on Violin; creating a unique flavor of arena-sized alternative rock music that's ever present with their epic lead single, "Odyssey." Wright notes, "it's the first song on the album and it introduces the journey we want our album to take people through. The journey of reflection."

Silent Empire is crafted with that theme of reflection in mind and written around a central character, Empire, and her journey to become something greater. "The song 'Odyssey' is the beginning of that journey," says Wright-the band's primary songwriter, producer and arranger. "It begins with her world destroyed, left with nothing, but with everything to become. Left with nothing she makes the choice to take the journey she has long resisted. It's something that is central to our message of love over fear."

Being released in three parts, Silent Empire takes the listener on a journey through the character Empire, inspired by Wright's personal experience. Part one dives into the deconstruction of who we are and the honest acceptance of our created insecurities. Part two explores the reconstruction of who we truly are. Then, in part three, what we do after we've gone through that process.

Image: Above: City of Sound L-R: Lacey Nova, Jordan Wright and Andrew Leigh

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