Hell and Silence
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| Released | March 12, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Studio | Battle Born Studios (Paradise, Nevada, United States) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 17:48 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
| Producer | Imagine Dragons | |||
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Hell and Silence is the third extended play (EP) by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons, released on March 12, 2010.[1] It was recorded at Battle Born Studios.[2] All songs were written and produced by Imagine Dragons. "Hear Me" was remastered and included on the band's debut album Night Visions, while "I Don't Mind" and "Selene" were placed on deluxe editions.
To promote the EP, the band performed five shows at SXSW 2010 including at the BMI Official Showcase.[3][4] While at SXSW they were endorsed by Blue Microphones. They also toured the western United States with Nico Vega and Saint Motel. They also performed at Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2010, New Noise Music Festival, Neon Reverb Festival, and Fork Fest. The name of the EP comes from the bridge of the song "Emma".
On October 15, 2021, the EP was re-released onto streaming platforms with the previously unreleased bonus track "Easy".
Release
On 1st October, 2009, "Selene" was released on MySpace.[5] On 18th November, "Emma" too got released on MySpace.[6]
On 25th January, 2010, the band performed a live debut of "All Eyes". Two days later, "I Don't Mind" was debuted too.
On 10th February, 2010, the band posted a vlog on their YouTube channel[7] featuring an instrumental demo of "Hear Me". Six days later, they posted another vlog[8] which featured the lead guitarist Wayne Sermon playing the mandolin riff of the bridge of "I Don't Mind".
"All Eyes" soon saw a release on 24th February and "Hear Me" was released two days later. "I Don't Mind" was the final track off the EP and was released on 9th March.
A compilation of all these released tracks were released as the Hell and Silence EP on 12th March, 2010 through a release party at the Beauty Bar venue at Las Vegas.
More than a decade later on 15th October, 2021, the EP was re-released onto streaming platforms with the previously unreleased bonus track "Easy" from the Smoke + Mirrors timeframe.[9]
Film and Television
"All Eyes" was featured in the Degrassi: The Next Generation episode Drop It Like It's Hot (Part One).[10] "I Don't Mind" was featured in the promo commercials for American Idol season 11 and MTV's World of Jenks.
"Hear Me" was featured in the soundtrack to the feature film Answers to Nothing, MTV's The Real World: Las Vegas, and performed live on PBS' Vegas In Tune.[11]
Track listing
All songs produced by Imagine Dragons (Ben McKee, Wayne Sermon, Dan Reynolds, Andrew Tolman and Brittany Tolman).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All Eyes" |
| 2:59 |
| 2. | "I Don't Mind" |
| 3:18 |
| 3. | "Hear Me" |
| 3:54 |
| 4. | "Selene" |
| 4:05 |
| 5. | "Emma" |
| 3:32 |
| Total length: | 17:48 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Easy" | 4:54 |
| Total length: | 22:12 | |
Reception
Jason Bracelin, writing in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, gave a glowing review of the EP by stating "Dan Reynolds sounds like a dude with a bull's-eye for a heart". He continues "With its staccato vocal delivery and huge keys, "All Eyes" sounds destined for the airwaves, the same of which could be said of the wistful "Emma," with its dizzy synth lines and coed harmonies, and the climactic "I Don't Mind," which is powered by ricocheting guitars."[12]
References
- ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/imaginedragons/status/10387755043. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Schultz, Barbara (January 1, 2010). "Battle Born Studios". Mix. Archived from the original on March 5, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Rendon, Marcus (March 4, 2010). "Imagine Dragons Interview: SXSW 2010". Spinner. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Kennedy, Drew (March 10, 2010). "Imagine Dragons: A Good Bet". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/imaginedragons/status/4505976201. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/imaginedragons/status/5804477092. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Imagine Dragons - vlog 2/6/10, retrieved 2021-12-20
- ^ Imagine Dragons - vlog 2/14/10, retrieved 2021-12-20
- ^ dragonsofficial (2021-11-10). "We're Imagine Dragons and we're neither a renaissance fair nor a young adult fantasy novel. AMA". r/imaginedragons. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ "Degrassi Music 22: 1-2-3-4". MuchMusic. August 22, 2011. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ "Imagine Dragons - Hear Me". YouTube. February 5, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Bracelin, Jason (May 6, 2010). "Band's growth shows on latest EP". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 30, 2013.