BROADCASTS.com

We had the pleasure of interviewing Silent Planet over Zoom video!

Every once in a while, wildflowers will sprout en masse in the middle of the California desert. Known as a \u201cSUPERBLOOM,\u201dthis phenomenon paints lush colors across a traditionally arid and barren landscape. The emergence and evolution of Silent Planet mirrors this phenomenon. Since 2009, the California quartet\u2014Garrett Russell [vocals, guitar], Mitchell Stark [guitar], Alex Camerena [drums], and Nick Pocock [bass]\u2014have set themselves apart in the realm of heavy music. Amplifying hypnotic hooks across alternately raw and rich soundscapes steeped in hardcore, post-rock, metal, and ambient textures, the award-winning group has generated tens of millions of streams and earned tastemaker praise.

Now, the musicians tell a story as massive as their sound on their aptly titled fifth full-length offering, SUPERBLOOM [Solid State Records].

Silent Planet has consistently transfixed a diehard fanbase. The group dropped a string of acclaimed albums, including The Night God Slept [2014], Everything Was Sound [2016], When The End Began [2018], and Iridescent [2021]\u2014which Hysteria hailed as \u201ca vulnerable and emotional LP.\u201d Not to mention, album standout \u201cTrilogy\u201d generated 5.3 million Spotify streams to sit alongside their genre-bending triumph \u201cPanic Room\u201d from the 2016 release, currently at 5 million. The guys notably took home \u201cBest Underground Band\u201d at the 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards and toured with the likes of Motionless In White, August Burns Red, Beartooth, and The Contortionist.

Over the course of two years, they recorded what would become SUPERBLOOM in Woodland Hills, CA alongside longtime producer and frequent collaborator Daniel Braunstein. A jarring turn of events split the process into two seasons. Trekking through a Wyoming snowstorm in November 2022, Silent Planet survived a vehicle accident. The van flipped over, leaving the group laying in the wreckage of a bitter Wyoming snowstorm as Garrett was hospitalized with a fractured back and head wound requiring stitches.

Along the way, they settled on a conceptual framework, expanding the scope of their vision like never before.

Silent Planet initially teased the record with \u201c:Signal:\u201d followed by \u201cAntimatter.\u201d On the latter, spacey electronic transmissions buzz. Pivoting on a dime, it dissolves into a stomping industrial groove offset by synth swells.

\u201cIt\u2019s the conclusion of the story we\u2019re telling,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is the finale. There are different levels of a close encounter. It\u2019s a close encounter of the fifth kind. It\u2019s the destination of the music.\u201d

In the end, Silent Planet continues to elevate and uplift heavy music to another dimension.

We want to hear from you! Please email Hello@BringinitBackwards.com
www.BringinitBackwards.com
#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #SilentPlanet #NewMusic #Zoom
Listen & Subscribe to BiB
https://www.bringinitbackwards.com/follow
Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bringin-it-backwards--4972373/support.