The year of emo revival continues with Silverstein! The post-hardcore heroes began their 25 Years of Noise tour last week in Philadelphia, joined by Thursday for a night of emotional singalongs and scream-filled choruses. Can you believe they’ve been doing this for a quarter-century?
“25 years later, if you told me this, I would never believe you,” said singer Shane Told in a recent Chorus.Fm interview. “I think now that we’re here, we are really just keeping our eyes on the prize. Let’s put together the greatest show we can using everything we’ve learned in two and a half decades, and just put together an amazing show of all these songs that we’ve written. Over 11 albums it’s about to be, right? It’s crazy!”
Indeed, the band wasted no time blowing through their full discography in Philadelphia. The 21-song setlist included old favorites like “Smile In Your Sleep,” “Massachusetts,” and “Vices,” plus a full band live debut of “Aquamarine.” There was also the acoustic rendition of “My Heroine” in the encore, which had half the crowd in tears, and a live debut that pays tribute to their exciting year ahead.
Playing “Confession” for the first time, Silverstein reminded us that they have not one, but two new albums coming out this year! Antibloom and Pink Moon will mark their first projects since 2022, and are prepared to give elder emos something to scream about (in the best way) with these new songs. When speaking about these records, Told was honest about his lyrical processes and what to expect from each.
“Antibloom is the record that wears a lot of hats, I guess is a good way to put it,” he says. “You have the first track, ‘Mercy Mercy’ which is really in your face, and really aggressive, but also has some kind of cool, sort of symphonic elements in a way. And then you have something like “Confession,” which definitely seems like a song that maybe could be on A Beautiful Place To Drown. It’s got a little bit of that vibe, but I think it’s one of the best songs we’ve written.”
Meanwhile, he states that Pink Moon has “got a lot of energy and emotion.” “It starts off with a super emotional intro track, and then it goes into an absolute banger,” explains Told. “I think it is one of the best songs we’ve ever made. We just shot a video for that song, actually, too. And it’s probably my favorite of all of those songs from the two records. And then there are two really cool features on it. And I think that there’s also a couple songs on the record that are really kind of like a throwback, this sort of sound like they could have been on Discovering the Waterfront.”
A mix of old-meets-new wrapped into one band-tee-wearing, pierced-lip package? Don’t mind if we do! Check out the full Silverstein setlist in Philadelphia here.

The tour resumes tomorrow night in Pittsburgh, check the list of remaining dates here and get info on the upcoming albums here.