The Silent Comedy

Brothers Joshua and Jeremiah Zimmerman and their band The Silent Comedy create rough-hewn, expansive American rock & roll with dirt under its nails and whiskey on its breath. Theirmusic channels the iron spine of the blues, Honky-Tonk sweat, and punk swagger into a euphoricdeclaration that when trouble rears its worrisome head it’s time to crack knuckles, lock arms, andlift our voices high.

The brothers spent their formative years traveling the world with missionary parents beforesettling in California. In search of catharsis, the teens found solace in songwriting and stagelights. The band developed increasingly raucous shows and years of touring followed. Word oftheir lives live performance spread as they shared stages with Dave Matthews Band, Queens of the Stone Age, Mumford and Sons, Arctic Monkeys, and Vampire Weekend and played festivalslots at Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Under The Big Sky, Summer Meltdown and more.

The band recorded and self-released a series of albums includingSunset Stables(LP),The Silent Comedy(EP), Common Faults(LP) and Cruelty & Clemency(EP). Studio collaborations withKris Kristofferson and members of Dave Matthews Band followed and their music began to popup more and more frequently on television (notably as the trailer song for History’s Hatfields & McCoysand the theme song of Amazon’s Goliath). Still, the brothers weren’t satisfied. Theyneeded to capture the magic of their live show. They found the answer in Grammy-nominatedproducer Chris “Frenchie” Smith (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Jet, The Darkness). The resulting sessions led to a body of work that includes the EP Friends Divide and LP Enemies Multiply.

The turbulent time of conflict in the band’s life that led to the creation of Enemies Multiply alsoled to a hiatus and rare performances from 2016 to 2020. Now, The Silent Comedy is back with arenewed focus and a vinyl re-issue of Enemies Multiply on the Pacific Northwest record labelArtist Labs. The band is also releasing a feature length documentary,I Am Alright, with anunflinching view at the many ups and downs of their personal and professional journeys.

With a new album in the works, The Silent Comedy is taking their energetic live show back onthe road with an ever-expanding calendar of tour dates. The road these brothers have wanderedhas been fraught, and not without peril. Yet, the music of The Silent Comedy has always servedas a source of comfort in the face of uncertainty, chaos, and despair. “If our music continues tohave that affect on anyone at all, then we will be here, making more of it” says Joshua. “Darksongs for dark days.”

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