Silence Between Songs


Silence Between Songs is the second studio album by the American singer Madison Beer. It was released on September 15, 2023, by Epic Records and Sing It Loud, and serves as the follow-up to Beer's first full-length album Life Support. Silence Between Songs spawned five singles prior to its release; "Reckless", Dangerous", "Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)", "Home to Another One", and "Spinnin". The album has been described as a pop, dream pop, and psychedelic pop record with elements of psychedelic rock.
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Background

Beer released her first full-length album, Life Support, on February 26, 2021. Soon after that, she embarked on her second headlining tour, The Life Support Tour in promotion of the album.
On May 31, 2023, two days before the fourth single, "Home to Another One", Beer, along with Portnoy officially announced the title and the release date of September 15, 2023.

Music

Beer sent the album to American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey prior to its release. Beer stated in an interview that Del Rey's favorite track was "Spinnin". Beer also revealed that the album is influenced by some of her "idols" such as Tame Impala, the Beach Boys and Lana Del Rey. Silence Between Songs has been described as a pop, dream pop, and psychedelic pop record with elements of psychedelic rock.

Release and promotion

Singles

The album's lead single "Reckless" was released on June 4, 2021. The song peaked at number 38 on Billboards US mainstream Top 40, and is a pop song. The song was performed live at Beer's headlining tour The Life Support Tour as a part of the setlist.
The album's second single "Dangerous" was released on August 26, 2022.
The album's third single "Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)" was released on October 14, 2022.
The album's fourth single "Home to Another One" was released on June 2, 2023.
The album's fifth single "Spinnin" was released on August 18, 2023, along with a music video.
On October 18, the music video for the track "Sweet Relief" was released on the singer's official YouTube channel.

Tour

On October 9, 2023, Madison Beer announced The Spinnin Tour with the name referring to the album's fifth single. The tour took place in Europe and North America and featured Polish singer Jann, and American singers Charlotte Lawrence and Upsahl as supporting acts. The tour marked her third headlining concert tour after The Life Support Tour in support of her debut album. The Spinnin Tour commenced on February 24, 2024, in Stockholm and concluded on June 13, 2024, in Los Angeles consisting of a total of 52 dates across Europe and North America.

Critical reception

Silence Between Songs was met with generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on six reviews. Poppie Platt of The Telegraph called it "vastly superior" to Life Support as it is "full of smooth, stylish pop songs just begging to become radio hits" and "seems like the album Beer has been wanting – and waiting – to make for a long, long time". Lauren deHollogne of Clash characterized the songs as "carefully crafted compositions" with "magically soft harmonies" that "seem to have more of an actual purpose", and concluded that the album is a "record with a message that is so authentically her".
The Line of Best Fits Sam Franzini wrote that much of the album is "gentle, unassuming pop" and while "there are some exciting ideas here", it gets too "bogged down by an odd reframing of the past" as "Beer spends too much time looking through rose-colored glasses, wondering how her story will be told, for it to be relatable". Thomas Smith of NME called most of Silence Between Songs "a clear nod to Tame Impala's psych-rock as well as swooning '60s pop and rock" but stated that "there's one too many generic, string-laden ballads, and a stop-start feel to the record".

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and the 66th Grammy Awards.