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• 02.23 New Silverstein Messageboard
• 02.18 USA TOUR (February 21 - March 30) .. get ready.
• 02.12 Thank you Canada - Sold Out Tour !
• 02.09 Request "Still Dreaming" music video on MuchMusic
• 02.01 Toronto show is *NOT* cancelled ! Let’s party.
• 01.16 Silverstein / Set Your Goals LIVE in Tokyo (following MXPX tour)
• 01.15 Help us decide what songs we are going to play on tour!
• 12.29 Australia / Japan / Canada / USA - Here we come! (tour dates)
• 12.23 "Still Dreaming" Music Video
• 11.12 LET’S MAKE PARTY U.K./EUROPE TOUR - Nov 16 to Dec 16

One would be hard-pressed to come up with a more fitting title for Silverstein's new album than Arrivals & Departures. After all, this Canadian band sold over 300,000 of their previous release, Discovering The Waterfront, on the strength of word-of-mouth and a nonstop touring schedule that saw them crisscrossing the globe. The full-throated rock passion that pervades all 11 songs on Arrivals & Departures emphatically depicts a band that has...well, arrived. Silverstein is about to depart the realm of grassroots phenomenon to enter the stratosphere of critical mass success.

It's been a long, but thrilling trip for this quintet, who came together in the Toronto suburb of Burlington, Ontario at the turn of the millennium. After putting out two of their own EPs, the band signed to Victory Records and released When Broken Is Easily Fixed, which raised eyebrows throughout North America as sales climbed well past 200,000. Showing no ill effects of any "sophomore jinx," Silverstein's follow-up Discovering The Waterfront did considerably better; now total Silverstein record sales are beyond a half-million. The band fueled that momentum by performing on a slew of major tours, from A Taste of Chaos and Warped in the States to the Give It A Name and Download festivals in England. They topped it all off with their first headlining tour of America-the sold-out Never Shave Again tour.

"We took three months off after we finished Never Shave Again in December to totally dedicate ourselves to writing new material," drummer Paul Koehler says. "We were very eager to be creative again; it was a very exciting progress that flowed very naturally, since this was our third attempt at writing a full-length CD. It's not as if we had a plan on what we wanted the new music to sound like. One of really big benefits of our band is that we let things develop organically."

That especially pertains to Arrivals & Departure's lyrical heart. "I ended a seven-year relationship right before I started on this record," singer Shane Told admits. "That's something you can't ignore when you're writing lyrics. This record is, by far, the most personal record I have ever made. Sometimes it's hard for me to go back and listen to some of the songs, because the feelings behind them are still unsettling to me. But at the same time, I wanted to convey a message of hope through the record, in that no matter what happens, you can still get through the tough times, get better and be happy.

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• Genre: Hardcore / Screamo
• Members: Guitar: Neil Boshart, Guitar: Josh Bradford, Bass: Bill Hamilton, Drums: Paul Koehler, Vox: Shane Told
• Label: Victory Records
• Label Type: Independent
• Website: www.silversteinmusic.com

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• Member Since: 06.27.07
• Last Seen: 04.30.08