Dead Letter Circus frontman Kim Benzie has taken to social media to share a new song taken from the band’s eagerly anticipated third album, Aesthesis, accompanying the track with the harrowing personal story that inspired the track, titled ‘Silence’.
Writing on the band’s official Facebook page, Benzie revealed that ‘Silence’ was inspired by the true story of a friend who’d confided in the singer that he was molested when the two were younger and the injustice Benzie saw in the situation.
“When I was growing up someone close to me was unfortunately a victim of child molestation and they chose to confide in me about it,” Benzie wrote in the statement, which you can read in full in the embed below.
“My friend chose to not go to the police and instead buried the secret so as not to bring shame to the family, only to find out years later that it wasn’t an isolated incident and involved other victims.”
“Personally, I found it impossible to process that the monster of a human being who did this to my friend would travel through life without answering to his depraved and shameful acts. My friend simply believed that some kind of karmic justice would happen…”
“What I found hard to swallow was learning that the sick human being that committed these acts lived out a normal life, and aside from dying alone, to my knowledge never received that dose of karmic justice,” Benzie continued.
“Late one night whilst writing for the new album I was strumming the guitar and the opening line for Silence came out. ‘This is how it ends’… I started thinking about my friend and fell into a really dark mood.”
You can listen to ‘Silence’ below. Dead Letter Circus’ third album, Aesthesis, is slated for release this Friday, 14th August. The band are currently gearing up to hit the road for a national tour this October.
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Posted by Dead Letter Circus onTuesday, August 11, 2015
