The Telewire - Silence (The Telewire - 2011)

Silence Artist: The Telewire Track: Silence Release: The Telewire Label / Source: Downstairs Records / artist Bandcamp Year: 2011 Release date: March 1, 2011 Track number: 02 Duration: 4:42 Original format: Digital album “Silence” appears as Track 02 on The Telewire, the self-titled eleven-track album released by The Telewire on March 1, 2011. Original release / artist documentation: https://thetelewire.bandcamp.com/trac... https://thetelewire.bandcamp.com/albu... https://www.thetelewire.com/ https://www.discogs.com/master/104193... https://www.discogs.com/artist/519980...    / unitself   Artist context: The Telewire is the recording project of Stephen Thurman, based in Austin, Texas. The project’s official website identifies its music with shoegaze, space rock, indie rock, and electronic music. The Telewire’s documented catalog extends from the self-titled album and EP released in 2011 through subsequent albums, EPs, singles, and archival releases. The project remained active through 2025, preserving more than a decade of independently produced recordings through its official website and Bandcamp catalog. Release context: The Telewire is the earliest full-length release documented in the project’s current catalog. The album contains eleven tracks and precedes the five-track EP released later in July 2011. Stephen Thurman is credited with writing, performing, and recording “Silence.” The track follows the album opener, “Never Been Alive,” and precedes “Building Up To Something.” The album’s credits assign Thurman authorship of every track except “She’s Leaving,” which was written by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The release documents The Telewire’s early combination of layered guitars, distortion, atmospheric production, electronic texture, shoegaze, and space rock. Availability note: “Silence” remains available as an individual playable track and as part of the complete album through The Telewire’s official Bandcamp catalog. No matching individual YouTube presentation of the recording is documented as of July 2026. The image used in this video is the official artwork associated with The Telewire. All rights remain with the original artist(s), label(s), songwriter(s), producer(s), and creator(s). This channel does not claim ownership of the music. If you are the artist, label, rights holder, or creator and would like this upload removed, corrected, credited differently, or linked to an official source, please leave a comment or contact the channel. Archival notes: Track title, album placement, release date, duration, authorship, performance, and recording credits are based on The Telewire’s official Bandcamp documentation. Artist location, genre descriptions, and broader catalog context are based on the project’s official website and surviving release pages. The Downstairs Records association appears in surviving catalog and release documentation, while the current Bandcamp edition is maintained through The Telewire’s artist catalog. Any additional personnel, equipment, production, mixing, mastering, artwork, or original-release information should be corrected if Stephen Thurman or surviving release materials provide more precise documentation.