A Whisper in the Noise
A Whisper in the Noise is a musical project formed in 2002 by rock composer… Read Full Bio ↴A Whisper in the Noise is a musical project formed in 2002 by rock composer West Thordson. Centered in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States Twin Cities metro, the group is known for their dark sound and unique instrumentation, as well as their effective live performances. Eschewing the more traditional use of guitar or heavy keyboards that might be associated with the band's umbral sound, the instrumentation of A Whisper in the Noise has included the cello, violin, French horn, synth/electronic keyboard, bass guitar, and percussion in some variation. The resulting minimalist expression, the unique arrangement of instruments, and the inclusion of visual media elements during live performance has seen the band described as "art rock".

The band has occasionally performed without the French horn or cello, though these instruments are used heavily on the live recording of their first album, Through the Ides of March.

The band's sound has been noted for fully incorporating the string and other orchestral instrumentation, a step different from similar rock and dark pop projects wherein strings are often added on as an afterthought or not given full room for expression and treated as integral elements within melodic musical structure. Other elements that mark the group's work are the inclusion of barely audible soundscapes of text (often derived from news broadcasts) and the persistence of slowly constructed piano arpeggios onto which other musical layers are added.

The themes dealt with lyrically are distinctly "dark" and keep with the tone of the music. The topics range from poetic reminiscences of lost or abandoned love, rage at cultural injustice, greed, and shallowness, and a kind of drifting melancholy that seems to hover on the edge of violence.

A Whisper in the Noise have performed consistently around the Twin Cities area. Additionally, they have toured the United States, Europe, and England at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival.

Live performances often but not always include still and moving images projected behind the group.

A Whisper in the Noise has typically been well-received by both critics and listeners. SouthSCENE declared them "a dark melee of some of the most innovative and mature musical styles of contemporary rock," and TreasureTunes praised the group's "dramatic, melancholic music."

A Whisper in the Noise played in the Rhâââ Lovely Festival in second quarter 2007 and along with a tour of Europe as well.

The lineup consists of:

West Thordson
Steve Yasgar
Matt Irwin
Hannah Murray
Chris Quinn
Sonja Larson
Nicholas Conner
Rachel Drehmann
Andrew Broste
Chris Rocha
Theodora Wynhoff

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A Whisper in the Noise Lyrics


A Child A child without a care in this world Wakes up to…
A New Dawn is anyone awake here?.. is anyone afloat?.. weakened by …
A Sea Estranged Us From now that you need nothing from me Silence becomes a…
All My as we were as before comes to be nevermore as we fall comes…
An Autumn Here... here in the eye Of this cold day I am warm Deep…
Anymore Anymore, I wonder... I wonder what we're falling for Anymore…
Armament to defiance you align us in this situation mona lisa over…
As the Bluebird Sings Rolling, across the sands hiding the blood, in history by …
As We Were as we were as before comes to be nevermore as we fall …
Awaken to Winter awaken to winter young child here it has come awaken my …
Beauty's Grace a gentle rain on a warm night hits the glass as…
Black Shroud Coming to find this now is over My heroine, my heroine Sudde…
Go Now go, go now leave, love, leave now and don't look back …



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Hell's Half Acre Rolling, like fronts of weather their wrath will cheat rap…
In the Dark There's a new school biting on a fishhook Read a new…
In Will seven years go by seven years of broken tribes but I will…
Into You Can I open into you? Reveal the skyline off the roads. .(fa…
Last Night Last night I fell into the sunset... Into my heart... into…
Sad, Sad Song If they murder you As they wanted to Neither black or blue T…
Seeing You I feel a wrong inside of me In how I'm seeing…
Silence There is this silence in the room From when I had…
Sons it's the test to test the test to test even though…
The Carpenters' Coalmen It has been so long I'd like to kill the carpenters' coalm…
The Song You Hate These are the dark days painted in greys We only give…
The Sound of Longing I hope to be happy At the end of this life I…
The Sounding Line will this imprint last forever will the centuries erode ev…
The Tale of Two Doves So you've heard the tale of the man who went sinking…
The Times They Are A-Changin' Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that t…
The Wall of You All of the fear that I seed in me All of…
This Time It's this time it's indifferent to our walk and that is for rea…
Through Wounds We Soon Will Stitch So you've heard that the world is full of shit Take…
True Love Will Find You in the End True love will find you in the end You'll find out…
Until the Time It's Over everybody's happy once in a while this seems for real unti…
Wall of You All of the fear that I seed in me All of…
You the Orphan as the cities burn and smoke all you needed is it right t…
Your Hand somebody saw right through you somebody saw your hand cursed…


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