Band bio: The Silence Kit is a Philadelphia-based post-punk band that plays dark indie rock. Inspired in equal parts by post punk, shoegaze, and neo-psychedelia, the band was started by singer/guitarist Patrick McCay in 2001, and the band's most recent LP, "Fall Protection" was released by Azteca Records on October 26, 2018. Critics hailed, calling it "ripe with introspection and angst, not to mention sheer bewilderment... recalling the spirit of ’80s-era post-punk filtered through the dreamy textures and swirling, layered guitars of ’90s shoegaze and indie rock." The band is currently finishing their sixth LP.
Band members at the time of recording: Patrick McCay (vocals, guitars), Justin Dushkewich (bass), Darren O'Toole (drums), Kristin Kita (synths)
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The Cure's original was only released as a studio outtake / rough demo on the Three Imaginary Boys deluxe reissue. We set out to imagine a fully realized version of the song, imagining what the Cure likely would/could have turned the song into if they had revisited it a few years later, rearranging the song in a style more reminiscent of the "Faith" or "Pornography" albums, and then we piled on shoegaze guitars and ominous synths, to put The Silence Kit stamp on it.