Sword Tongue ֎ Murder White Noise

16 Octobre 2025

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akland alt-rock trio Sword Tongue presents 'Murder White Noise', a wry commentary on the state of the world and our attempts to soothe ourselves to get through it. The latest offering from their explosive 'Bonfire In The Tempest' EP - their fourth to date.

In an increasingly stressful world, this song explores how people try to externalize their anxieties by consuming content that allows them to feel better about their own lives. We attempt to cope with the pressure of maintaining equilibrium by coming together to grieve, worry, and comfort each other, often finding that the only way to feel good about our lives is to reflect on others' misfortunes.

Creating dark music for dark times, Sword Tongue is vocalist Jennifer Wilde and guitarist Gaetano Maleki, a husband and wife who launched this project in the pandemic year of 2020, now joined by renowned drummer-producer Dan Milligan.

“I started consuming true crime content as a way to turn off the thoughts that kept me awake at night and distracted me during the day. One day I told a friend I was a listening to a livestreamed trial where a lady put her husband on a burn pile. She said “WHOAH, what is that, murder white noise?” As I told people about the song, I found many others watch crime stories as a release from their stressful lives. It is important to bring that into the conversation about how we are coping today,” says Jennifer Wilde.

Bonfire In The Tempest de Sword Tongue

"Finding comfort in tragedy is new for me; during the pandemic and especially in the last year I find myself needing to look for reassurance that whatever I am facing is not as bad as it could be. 'Murder White Noise' was written as a way to come to grips that someone else's pain is that content, and what that says about where we are as a society right now. Gaetano wrote the perfect guitar line that hooks you in to get to the truth of the song."

On 'Murder White Noise', soothing vocals contrast with the song's macabre lyrical content, while steadily thrumming instrumentation lulls you into a false sense of security. For a moment, the listener feels heard and encouraged, then questions their own motivations, left to wonder whether they are now the tragic victim in this story.

"From a songwriting perspective, this pulled a lot of anxiety out of me," says Gaetano Maleki. "While writing the guitar and bass lines, I wanted to bring out tension to mirror the vocals, but with some kind of seductive undertones. I feel the instruments really complement the lyrics, like a hard boiled soundtrack."

Showcased by 'We Are The Resistance' and 'Diamonds To Rust', this EP was galvanized during our current age of cultural upheaval. Bursting with raw emotion and tempered by sophisticated production, this collection blends alt-rock, post-punk and dream pop, giving voice to anguish, anger, transformation and triumph. Vocal lines that oscillate between a croon and a roar, seduction and rage, while shimmering guitar tones and bass lines mesmerize and intricate drum lines drive the message.

This EP was produced by Dan Milligan, brainchild of The Joy Thieves, who has co-created, produced and remixed such artists as Chris Connelly, PIG and Consolidated, and members of such bands as Ministry, Stabbing Westward, The Rollins Band, Killing Joke, David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails, among others.

The 'Bonfire In The Tempest' EP is out now as a first-print red variant cassette, including a special album poem inside, and also digitally everywhere, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

“Milligan’s discerning vision and expertise elevates Sword Tongue’s compositions, imbuing them with enhanced depth, vigor, and nuance” – Post-Punk

"A strange mixture of Projekt Records and Prog Rock with vocals [that] really sail over a frozen fantasy world like a shield maiden bardic warrior" ~ Sounds and Shadows

Sword Tongue

Murder White Noise

The 'Bonfire In The Tempest' EP out now.
Produced by Dan Milligan

16 October 2025

CREDITS
Lyrics by Jennifer Ryan Wilde
Music written & arranged
by Sword Tongue (Wilde / Milligan / Maleki)
Jennifer Ryan Wilde - vocals
Dan Milligan - drums & percussion
Gaetano Maleki - guitar & bass
Produced by Dan Milligan
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR

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