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published updated itvstart">2024-04-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">35</span>:<span class="s">15</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>Hijinxx</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Nia_Archives" title="Nia Archives">Nia Archives</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i>Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall (Remixes)</i><br />(2023) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Silence Is Loud</b></i><br />(2024) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Silence Is Loud </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Forbidden Feelingz"</span><br />Released: October 14, 2021</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"So Tell Me..."</span><br />Released: November 16, 2022</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Crowded Roomz"</span><br />Released: January 19, 2024</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Silence Is Loud"</span><br />Released: February 15, 2024</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Unfinished Business"</span><br />Released: March 14, 2024</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Cards On The Table"</span><br />Released: April 10, 2024</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Silence Is Loud</b></i> is the debut studio album by English record producer, DJ and singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Nia_Archives" title="Nia Archives">Nia Archives</a>. Released on 12 April 2024 on Hijinxx and <a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island Records</a>, the album constituted Archives's attempt at fusing <a href="/wiki/Jungle_music" title="Jungle music">jungle music</a> with <a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a>. Upon release, critics rated the album positively, and the album charted at No. 16 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>, becoming her first album to make the main listing and the second to make the UK Albums Chart Update. It was nominated for the 2024 <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Prize" title="Mercury Prize">Mercury Prize</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_production">Background and production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silence_Is_Loud&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2022 and 2023, Archives had released the extended plays <i>Forbidden Feelingz</i> and <i>Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the last of which had charted at No. 49 on the UK Albums Chart Update, but had not made the end-of-week listing.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then began working with Ethan P. Flynn, who had previously worked with <a href="/wiki/FKA_Twigs" title="FKA Twigs">FKA Twigs</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne</a>, and spent five months that year working on the album, mostly at his <a href="/wiki/Barbican_Estate" title="Barbican Estate">Barbican Estate</a> home studio.<sup id="cite_ref-:18_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her usual process was to write the songs during mornings, produce the drum patterns on her laptop, and then take her demos to Flynn, with whom she would make the songs in about three hours.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Silence Is Loud</i> represented Archives's attempt to fuse jungle music with Britpop, with Archives inspired by groups such as <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oasis_(band)" title="Oasis (band)">Oasis</a> for the album's songwriting process;<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the album's title was specifically inspired by contrasting meanings of silence.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elaborating further on the topic during an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, she said:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Jungle was the <a href="/wiki/Punk_subculture" title="Punk subculture">punk</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dance_music" title="Dance music">dance music</a> – it's rebellious. It's also <a href="/wiki/Black_British_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British music">Black British music</a>. [...] I liked the loose link from jungle to Britpop. In the '90s, you'd have the <a href="/wiki/Oasis_(band)" title="Oasis (band)">Gallagher brothers</a> hanging out with <a href="/wiki/Goldie" title="Goldie">Goldie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rk" title="Björk">Björk</a>. That mismatch of people, like <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> going to the Blue Note on a Sunday night in <a href="/wiki/Hoxton" title="Hoxton">Hoxton</a> [to attend the jungle club night <a href="/wiki/Metalheadz" title="Metalheadz">Metalheadz</a>, <i>nsp</i>], I love that culture. [For me, Britpop is] a feeling of optimism. When listening to Britpop, there's a feeling of togetherness.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Promotion_and_release">Promotion and release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silence_Is_Loud&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Promotion and release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archives released the single "Crowded Roomz" in January 2024, about her experiences of being surrounded by people while touring but still feeling unable to be herself, which was accompanied by a music video which featured <a href="/wiki/Maverick_Sabre" title="Maverick Sabre">Maverick Sabre</a> and Corbin Shaw.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month, she announced the album's track listing,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which included "Crowded Roomz" and earlier tracks "Forbidden Feelingz" and "So Tell Me...", which had previously appeared on <i>Forbidden Feelingz</i><sup id="cite_ref-:5_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall</i> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also released its title track, a track about her love for her brother,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which starts with a heavily distorted scream<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and uses a four-to-the-floor <a href="/wiki/Kick_drum" class="mw-redirect" title="Kick drum">kick drum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month, she released the single "Unfinished Business", a track about a current partner's feelings for their past.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Silence Is Loud</i> was released on 12 April 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> alongside a video for "Cards On The Table".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album used a picture of Archives with a diamante <a href="/wiki/Union_Jack" title="Union Jack">Union Jack</a> grill as its cover art;<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a limited edition of the album was pressed on "Union Jack vinyl".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was released during a period where many artists were inspired by mid-1990s Britain, with <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Chinouriri" title="Rachel Chinouriri">Rachel Chinouriri</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/What_a_Devastating_Turn_of_Events" title="What a Devastating Turn of Events">What a Devastating Turn of Events</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Dua_Lipa" title="Dua Lipa">Dua Lipa</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Radical_Optimism" title="Radical Optimism">Radical Optimism</a></i> also taking inspiration from this period.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archives had sported a Union Jack diamond grill for a <a href="/wiki/ES_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="ES Magazine">ES Magazine</a> photoshoot the month before the album was released,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had performed in front of a large Union Jack flag at a launch party for issue 18 of <a href="/wiki/The_Face_(magazine)" title="The Face (magazine)"><i>The Face</i></a> the month before that.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One track, "Tell Me What It's Like", featured a spoken word introduction from <a href="/wiki/Goldie" title="Goldie">Goldie</a>, and the last track, "Silence Is Loud (Reprise)", featured Archives singing to nothing but a backing synth.<sup id="cite_ref-OMH_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMH-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many tracks lacked choruses, with most running for around three minutes and "So Tell Me..." running for almost four,<sup id="cite_ref-:3_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and tracks discussed personal issues such as familial estrangement and unrequited love.<sup id="cite_ref-Pitchfork_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitchfork-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Press promoting the album cited "gloomy Britpop, warm Motown, soaring indie, a love for <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Leon" title="Kings of Leon">Kings of Leon</a>’s <i><a href="/wiki/Aha_Shake_Heartbreak" title="Aha Shake Heartbreak">Aha Shake Heartbreak</a></i>, skittering <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_dance_music" title="Intelligent dance music">IDM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madchester" title="Madchester">Madchester</a>, classic rock, old skool hardcore" as influences.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silence_Is_Loud&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Aggregate scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">78/100<sup id="cite_ref-MC_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MC-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" 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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Slant_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slant-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Silence is Loud</i> drew generally positive reviews from music critics, earning a <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> score of 78 out of 100, based on 12 reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-MC_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MC-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paul Simpson of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> wrote that the album's near-constant "anxiety and doubt [...] all goes down easily and thrillingly due to the winning combination of slamming breakbeats and Nia's charming personality, as well as the chiming guitar melodies influenced by samba and dreamy indie rock", though felt that her "always sincere" lyrics could "be a bit on-the-nose at times".<sup id="cite_ref-AM_review_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM_review-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joe Muggs of <a href="/wiki/The_Arts_Desk" title="The Arts Desk">The Arts Desk</a> described <i>Silence Is Loud</i> as "a singer-songwriter record, unmistakeably made by someone raised in the 2000s era of Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse", complete with "the “junglist” hardcore rave momentum and soundsystem power of her early work".<sup id="cite_ref-:4_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robin Murray of <a href="/wiki/Clash_(magazine)" title="Clash (magazine)">Clash</a> wrote that "as a mission statement, ‘Silence Is Loud’ – from its title down – [was] virtually perfect for the producer" and posited it as an "early <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Prize" title="Mercury Prize">Mercury</a> tip",<sup id="cite_ref-Clash_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clash-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Daisy Carter of <a href="/wiki/DIY_(magazine)" title="DIY (magazine)">DIY</a> described the album as "jam-packed" without ever feeling "too much or too choppy", and wrote that "for all its referential nods and sonic variation, this is still a project that is cohesively, distinctly her".<sup id="cite_ref-DIY_review_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DIY_review-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Martyn Young of <a href="/wiki/Dork_(magazine)" title="Dork (magazine)">Dork</a> found the album to contain "plenty of bone-rattling and hyped-up breakbeats here", and described <i>Silence Is Loud</i> as "an album of songs, frequently beautiful and affecting songs, in which the power of the beats amplifies the emotional resonance of her voice".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jordan Currie of <a href="/wiki/Exclaim!" title="Exclaim!">Exclaim!</a> opined that "her signature breakbeat [was] the ideal vehicle to communicate the chaos of being the overwhelmed girl in the corner of the party", though felt that her breakbeats were "often somewhat indistinct from one another",<sup id="cite_ref-Exclaim_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exclaim-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a> wrote that Archives had "turn[ed] jungle and drum and bass into pop music [...] with eclecticism and personality, in the spirit of jungle’s <a href="/wiki/Original_Nuttah" title="Original Nuttah">original nuttahs</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ed Power of <a href="/wiki/The_i" class="mw-redirect" title="The i">the <i>i</i></a> described the album as "a spikily enjoyable mash-up of <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a>-meets-Goldie, <a href="/wiki/Liam_Gallagher" title="Liam Gallagher">Liam-Gallagher</a>-does-<a href="/wiki/LTJ_Bukem" title="LTJ Bukem">LJT-Bukem</a>" [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] and "the work of an artist with both a magpie’s eye for retro flourishes and a talent for bare-boned songwriting", and compared her "<a href="/wiki/Landfill_Indie" class="mw-redirect" title="Landfill Indie">landfill indie</a>-era confessional pop" to that of Nash, Allen, and <a href="/wiki/Caity_Baser" title="Caity Baser">Caity Baser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Matt Young of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Line_of_Best_Fit" title="The Line of Best Fit">The Line of Best Fit</a></i> felt that the album was "better at hitting the mark than at other times", and singled out "Forbidden Feelingz", "Blind Devotion" and "Tell Me What It’s Like" for "lag[ging] in the album's core".<sup id="cite_ref-TLOBF_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TLOBF-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Louder_Than_War" title="Louder Than War">Louder Than War</a>'</i>s Banjo wrote that "taken as a whole, <i>Silence Is Loud</i> is a tremendous debut that surely marks Nia Archives' move into the spotlight of being a major act".<sup id="cite_ref-:3_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Murphy of <a href="/wiki/MusicOMH" title="MusicOMH">MusicOMH</a> compared her lyrics with those of <a href="/wiki/Lily_Allen" title="Lily Allen">Lily Allen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kate_Nash" title="Kate Nash">Kate Nash</a>, though opined "the unbroken sound of chaotic DnB percussion can be become a bit wearying for someone unaccustomed to the jungle sound" and found that "Silence Is Loud (Reprise)", in which Archives sung to nothing but a backing synth, was a "welcome" change in sound.<sup id="cite_ref-OMH_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMH-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kyann-Sian Williams of <a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a> also spoke highly of "Silence Is Loud (Reprise)", describing it as the album's "biggest highlight" and the album as a "collection of tranquil tracks that showcase her ability to craft intricate songs beyond a hedonistic floorfiller".<sup id="cite_ref-NME_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alexis_Petridis" title="Alexis Petridis">Alexis Petridis</a> observed "a certain colloquial snottiness to the vocals" and described her voice as "strong and appealingly unmannered", though felt the songwriting to be uneven, opining that it "ranges from slightly undercooked [...] to genuinely striking, even daring"; he did however favourably compare the album to <a href="/wiki/Goldie" title="Goldie">Goldie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Noel_Gallagher" title="Noel Gallagher">Noel Gallagher</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Temper_Temper_(Goldie_song)" title="Temper Temper (Goldie song)">Temper Temper</a>", and felt that the album was "impressive and bold enough to leave you wondering how she might develop, rather than worrying where she can go next". He also noted that Archives's choice to tether breakbeats to a four-to-the-floor kick drum "would have been absolutely verboten in 90s jungle".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kieran Press-Reynolds of <a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a> described her sound as "the sound of 100 thoughts racing through your head when you realize your situationship lied to you" but felt that "many songs offer only vague sketches of emotional conflicts", and opined that "in the process of supersizing her sound, Nia has lost some of the subtle charm that made her early music so addictive".<sup id="cite_ref-Pitchfork_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitchfork-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ben Jolley of <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> wrote that the album "boasts plenty of intense bass lines to keep jungle purists satisfied", and opined that "the record’s intricately detailed, narrative-driven songs make this a collection to be experienced in full, from start to finish".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Noah Barker of <a href="/wiki/The_Skinny_(magazine)" title="The Skinny (magazine)">The Skinny</a> opined that the album played "like the record's runtime was set before material was allotted to the space, unleashing a high-octane sugar rush in a space fit to dilute it into the unbearableness of being palatable",<sup id="cite_ref-Skinny_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skinny-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Charles Lyons-Burt of <a href="/wiki/Slant_Magazine" title="Slant Magazine">Slant Magazine</a> compared Archives's vocals to <a href="/wiki/Amy_Winehouse" title="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a> wrote that the album "often sounds like she’s both narrating a scene and retreating back into herself", and felt that Archives was "ultimately unable to wring enough pathos from the narrative she presents".<sup id="cite_ref-Slant_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slant-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silence_Is_Loud&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commercial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> dated April 25, 2024, <i>Silence is Loud</i> debuted at number 16, becoming her first UK Albums Chart entry; the album also became her second entry on the midweek chart, and debuted atop the UK's Dance Albums Chart.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2024, the album was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Prize" title="Mercury Prize">Mercury Prize</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after selling 9,870 units in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-UKsales_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKsales-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silence_Is_Loud&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><p>All tracks are written by <a href="/wiki/Nia_Archives" title="Nia Archives">Nia Archives</a> and Ethan P. Flynn, except where noted.</p><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Silence Is Loud"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:37</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Cards On The Table"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Unfinished Business"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:16</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Crowded Roomz"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Forbidden Feelingz" (Nia Archives)</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Blind Devotion"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:47</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Tell Me What It’s Like?"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Nightmares"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"F.A.M.I.L.Y"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Out Of Options"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Silence Is Loud (Reprise)"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:28</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Killjoy !"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:07</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"So Tell Me..." (Nia Archives, <a href="/wiki/Jakwob" title="Jakwob">James Jacob</a>, Ed Thomas)</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:47</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>35:15</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silence_Is_Loud&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Musicians</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nia_Archives" title="Nia Archives">Nia Archives</a> – vocals (all tracks), drum <a href="/wiki/Programming_(music)" title="Programming (music)">programming</a> (tracks 1–3, 6–10, 12, 13)</li> <li>Ethan P. Flynn – keyboards, synthesizer (tracks 1–4, 6–12); electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 6–9, 11), bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 12), synth bass (1, 3, 6, 7, 10–12), acoustic guitar (2–4, 7), organ (2, 3, 9), <a href="/wiki/Slide_guitar" title="Slide guitar">slide guitar</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Clavichord" title="Clavichord">clavichord</a> (3, 4, 7, 9), <a href="/wiki/Mellotron" title="Mellotron">Mellotron</a> (6), <a href="/wiki/Bouzouki" title="Bouzouki">bouzouki</a> (7), piano (8, 10–12), background vocals (8)</li> <li>Nathan Boddy – programming (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, 12)</li> <li>Felix Stephens – <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cello</a> (track 9)</li> <li>Ed Thomas – guitar (track 13)</li></ul> <p><b>Technical</b> </p> <ul><li>Nia Archives – production (all tracks), music production (track 4)</li> <li>Ethan P. Flynn – production, <a href="/wiki/Audio_engineer" title="Audio engineer">engineering</a> (tracks 1–4, 6–12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakwob" title="Jakwob">Jakwob</a> – production (track 13), <a href="/wiki/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music)" title="Audio mixing (recorded music)">mixing</a> (5, 13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Colton" title="Matt Colton">Matt Colton</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mastering_(audio)" title="Mastering (audio)">mastering</a> (tracks 1–4, 6–12)</li> <li>Foundry Mastering – mastering (track 5)</li> <li>Stuart Hawkes – mastering (track 13)</li> <li>Nathan Boddy – mixing (tracks 1–12); music production (1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12)</li> <li>Lilian Nuthall – mixing assistance (tracks 1–4, 6–12)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silence_Is_Loud&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2024) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Singles_and_Albums_Charts" title="Scottish Singles and Albums Charts">Scottish Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Scotland_Nia_Archives_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Scotland_Nia_Archives-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UK_Nia_Archives_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UK_Nia_Archives-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span 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