Silence Is Golden (EP)

Silence Is Golden
EP by A Thorn for Every Heart
Released	late 2003
Recorded	summer 2003
Genre	Emo Screamo Post-Hardcore
Length	22:02
Label	self-released
Producer	Justin Powell and A Thorn for Every Heart
A Thorn for Every Heart chronology
Silence is Golden (2003) Things Aren't So Beautiful Now (2004)

Silence Is Golden is A Thorn for Every Heart's first EP. It contains either six or seven tracks, depending on the version. The original version contains "Intro" as track #1 and "Next of Kin" as track #2. On later versions, those two tracks were combined as track #1. The primary songwriters were Jeff Harber, Joel Ryan Holt, and Aaron Peck. Kelvin Cruz was the primary lyricist. It is the only A Thorn for Every Heart record to feature founding guitarist Holt, though five of its six songs were rerecorded to fill half the track listing of the band's forthcoming debut album, Things Aren't So Beautiful Now, which served to be their only release for four and a half years after the release of "Silence Is Golden."

Track listing

1. "Intro" - 0:14
2. "Next of Kin" - 2:59
3. "Pretty When You Cry" - 4:40
4. "Rain on Her Parade" - 1:52
5. "A Night to Remember, a Morning to Forget" - 4:40
6. "Summer So Bleak" - 3:41
7. "A Street Car Named Desire" - 3:59

Personnel

A Thorn for Every Heart

• Kelvin Cruz – lead vocals
• Jeff Harber – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keys
• Joel Ryan Holt – lead guitar
• Justin Powell – bass
• Aaron Peck – drums
• Joy Welling – violin