A Whisper in the Noise is a musical project of composer West Thordson.

History

Centered in the Minneapolis-St. Paul 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

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or heavy

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s that might be associated with the band's umbral sound, the instrumentation of A Whisper in the Noise has included the

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

, synth/

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, and

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in some variation. They have toured as a supporting act for the Scottish band

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. The group were attacked at knifepoint after a show in Seattle in March 2006. Less than two weeks later their tour was robbed of $6,000 in Philadelphia. Their cover of

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's " The Times They Are a-Changin'" was featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 film ''

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''. File:A Whisper in the Noise (Club Fléda, Brno), 2012 016.JPG, West Thordson File:A Whisper in the Noise (Club Fléda, Brno), 2012 018.JPG, Sonja Larson

Albums

*''Through the Ides of March'' (2002) *''2D'' (2004) *''As the Bluebird Sings'' (2006) *''Dry Land'' (2008) *''To Forget'' (2012)

References

External links

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