Photo by Bowen Stead

Austin by way of Montreal band MEIN have shared their new single ‘Silent Golden’. The song is taken from their forthcoming album MIIEN, scheduled to drop April 18th on Fuzz Club.

With husky bass notes setting the track off, ‘Silent Golden’ gently builds before erupting into an all out cyclone of psychedelic sound. Pushing beyond the normal psych blueprint, MEIN have opted to tread into borderline noise rock territory, giving the tune a punchier edge. You can stream ‘Silent Golden’ below.

Touching on the single, MEIN stated:

“Silent Golden is a song that was birthed by our former bandmate, Tom Furse. It had been knocking around as an instrumental demo for quite some time prior to our album 2 sessions. We all could hear great potential in it as a MIEN track, but weren’t sure where it was going to go or how we’d get it there. As is often the case, we wanted to get it to a place where it sparked something for Alex to dream up a vocal for it. To add to Tom’s demo, we recorded some thunderous drums and a bassline that gave it a new groove. Alex recorded some surprisingly sweet vocals and a gentle acoustic guitar part that brought it home. The last piece to fall in place was bringing in Thor Harris to record some of his signature clarinet and percussion.”