SILVERSTEIN Take Aim at AI in Art with New “Drain The Blood” Video Featuring Dayseeker’s Rory Rodriguez

Canadian post-hardcore veterans Silverstein have dropped their latest single, “Drain The Blood”, featuring a guest appearance from Rory Rodriguez of Dayseeker. The track arrives alongside an official music video and serves as the newest preview from the band’s upcoming album, the concluding chapter to their double LP Pink Moon, due out September 12th via UNFD.

Guitarist Paul Marc Rousseau shared insight into the writing process behind the track, calling it a personal highlight in the band’s two-decade career:

“Each time I start making an album I have a self-imposed rule: I can’t abandon my first idea. Whatever I start on day one, I have to finish. Usually the song ends up in the trash, but this time it was ‘Drain The Blood,’ which is my favourite song of the entire project – maybe our entire career.

The premise of the song is very simple: keep your AI out of my art. I wanted every part of the song to feel unexpected and a little out-of-context. Irrational and human. Like, an AI would have never made these choices. The lyrics are irreverent and over-dramatic, but only time will tell if they’re completely science fiction.

My favourite moment of the song is when Rory enters with ‘Can I be honest now? I don’t see a way we get beyond this hell.’ The line just feels so right with him singing it. It’s like he’s the voice of reason and even he feels defeated by technology. He almost goes through the five stages of grief and recaps the whole concept in 20 seconds.”

Shane Told, Silverstein’s longtime frontman, echoed those themes while commenting on the visuals that accompany the track:

“‘Drain The Blood‘ is our response to the growing fear that machines are starting to replace what makes music (and other art) human. It’s a warning, a cry of resistance, and a reminder that emotion can’t be automated. We wanted the video to reflect that, so Rory and I got together in LA to shoot it in this strange, creepy studio that felt like something out of Severance or Black Mirror.

Then we took it to the LA River, channeling the gritty, dystopian energy of Terminator 2. It felt like we were capturing some of the scariest possibilities of the future – the kind where creativity gets stripped of its humanity. Rory brought such a raw energy to the track and the shoot. It made the whole vision come alive.”

Watch the official video for “Drain The Blood” below.

Silverstein:

07/26-27 Long Beach, CA – Vans Warped Tour

With Real Friends:

08/02 Melbourne, AUS – Northcote Theatre
08/03 Sydney, AUS – Roundhouse
08/05 Adelaide, AUS – The Gov
08/06 Brisbane, AUS – The Tivoli

With Thursday, Free Throw and Bloom:

11/23 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
11/25 Calgary, AB – The Palace Theatre
11/26 Edmonton, AB – Midway Music Hall
11/28 Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theatre

Silverstein:

12/13 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live (feat. Thursday & Split Chain)
12/20 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount (feat. Thursday, The Movielife, Free Throw & Bloom)

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