ELECTRONIC METAL GROUP
SOLENCE
BRINGS POSITIVITY WITH NEW EP
‘BLUE MONDAY’
AHEAD OF ‘BLUE MONDAY’, MOST DEPRESSING DAY OF YEAR
EP OUT TODAY, JANUARY 17, VIA BETTER NOISE MUSIC
STREAM/DOWNLOAD HERE
BAND TO TOUR U.S. IN SPRING ALONGSIDE AMITY AFFLICTION, HAIL THE SUN, AND MANY EYES
2/28 – 3/26
TICKETS ON SALE HERE
SOLENCE TOUR DATES
2/28 San Diego, CA – SOMA #
3/1 Fresno, CA – Tioga Brewery #
3/2 Flagstaff, AZ – Orpheum #
3/3 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre #
3/5 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom #
3/6 Memphis, TN – Graceland Live #
3/7 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues #
3/8 Pensacola, FL – Vinyl #
3/9 Birmingham, AL – Iron City #
3/11 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz #
3/12 Norfolk, VA – Norva #
3/13 Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues #
3/14 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel #
3/15 Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall #
3/17 Omaha, NE – Admiral #
3/19 Billings, MT – Pub Station #
3/21 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory #
3/22 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory #
3/23 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom #
3/25 Reno, NV – Virginia St. Brewhouse #
3/26 Chico, CA – Senator Theatre #
# with The Amity Affliction, Hail The Sun & Many Eyes
Electronic metal group SOLENCE’s main goal is to bring the “fun” back to rock & roll by lifting audiences up with their high-energy performances and relatable lyrics. “Most of us in life struggle with insecurity, past trauma, or things we’re in now when we feel stuck, depressed, and down. Many bands describe those feelings, but we want to help people get out of them to make them feel stronger,” shares frontman Markus Videsäter. SOLENCE are now ready to help combat the world’s ‘most depressing day of the year’ aka Blue Monday (January 20) with the upcoming release of their new EP, BLUE MONDAY on January 17 via Better Noise Music. It features three of their new tracks: “F**k The Bad Vibes,” “A Banger A Day Keeps The Doctor Away,” and “Who You Gonna Call? (Solence),” which Houston Chronicle highlighted in their “Top 50 Best Underground Music Videos of 2024” list. It also includes two remixed versions of their hit track, “Good F**king Music” by Swedish-based producer MVRE and LA-based producer kodeblooded (Asking Alexandria, Charlotte Sands). Stream / download BLUE MONDAY EP here: https://solencemusic.ffm.to/bmep.
“We wanted to do something fun instead of feeling blue this holiday, so we asked MVRE and Kodeblooded to take care of it,” says the band collectively. “It’s so fun to hear ‘Good F**king Music’ in a new light, and the guys crushed it!”
Based out of Los Angeles and originally hailing from Sweden, SOLENCE’s lineup consists of Videsäter alongside guitarist David Strääf, keyboardist Johan Swärd, and drummer David “Viking” Vikingsson. The band have built a dedicated global audience on past tours opening for bands including Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills, Electric Callboy, We Came As Romans, and The HU, in addition to festival appearances across Europe (Rock For People Festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, Resurrection Fest, Tuska Festival, Nova Rock Festival) and the U.S. (Aftershock, Louder Than Life, Blue Ridge Rock Fest). They will bring their rowdy and interactive stage show to audiences across the U.S. this Spring as support for The Amity Affliction alongside Hail The Sun and Many Eyes from February 28 to March 26. Tickets are on sale now at https://solencemusic.com/. See dates listed below.
Lauded as one of PANDORA’s “Rising Rock Artists To Watch In 2023, SOLENCE have to date garnered over 300 million cumulative streams, 800k+ monthly Spotify listeners, and over 90 million video views since their formation in 2012. The band started out releasing heavy renditions of well-known pop hits from the likes of Imagine Dragons, Fall Out Boy, Ed Sheeran, Britney Spears, and Queen before breaking out with their 2019 debut album BROTHERS. It was quickly followed by their sophomore album, DIRECTION, which saw them achieve their first Active Rock radio charting with “Animal In Me” which became SiriusXM Octane’s most-played track in 2020. Octane’s Sr. Director, Music Programming Vincent Usuriello described SOLENCE’s sound as “a dynamic fusion of rock, metal, and pop elements, with powerful vocals, electrifying guitar riffs, and infectious melodies, creating an immersive sonic experience.” In 2021 SOLENCE released a third album, Deafening, which showed their range of inspirations from music to anime, gaming, sci-fi, and even philosophy and soon followed with their latest album Hope Is A Cult in 2023. Amidst writing new material for SOLENCE, Videsäter and Strääf have lent their songwriting skills to pop acts including Jason Derulo and Bebe Rexha.
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