''Hell and Silence'' is the third

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(EP) by American pop rock band

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, released on March 12, 2010. It was recorded at

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. All songs were written and produced by Imagine Dragons. " Hear Me" was remastered and included on the band's debut album ''

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'', while "I Don't Mind" and "Selene" were placed on deluxe editions. To promote the EP, the band performed five shows at

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2010 including at the BMI Official Showcase. While at SXSW they were endorsed by Blue Microphones. They also toured the western United States with

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and

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. They also performed at Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2010, New Noise Music Festival, Neon Reverb Festival, and Fork Fest. The name of the EP comes from the bridge of the song "Emma". On October 15, 2021, the EP was re-released onto streaming platforms with the previously unreleased bonus track "Easy".

Release

On 1st October, 2009, "Selene" was released on MySpace. On 18th November, "Emma" too got released on MySpace. On 25th January, 2010, the band performed a live debut of "All Eyes". Two days later, "I Don't Mind" was debuted too. On 10th February, 2010, the band posted a vlog on their YouTube channel featuring an instrumental demo of "Hear Me". Six days later, they posted another vlog which featured the lead guitarist

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playing the mandolin riff of the bridge of "I Don't Mind". "All Eyes" soon saw a release on 24th February and "Hear Me" was released two days later. "I Don't Mind" was the final track off the EP and was released on 9th March. A compilation of all these released tracks were released as the Hell and Silence EP on 12th March, 2010 through a release party at the Beauty Bar venue at Las Vegas. More than a decade later on 15th October, 2021, the EP was re-released onto streaming platforms with the previously unreleased bonus track "Easy" from the Smoke + Mirrors timeframe.

Film and Television

"All Eyes" was featured in the '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' episode '' Drop It Like It's Hot (Part One)''. "I Don't Mind" was featured in the promo commercials for ''American Idol '' season 11 and

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's ''

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''. "Hear Me" was featured in the soundtrack to the feature film ''

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'',

's '' The Real World: Las Vegas'', and performed live on

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' Vegas In Tune.

Track listing

All songs produced by

(

Ben McKee Benjamin Arthur McKee (born April 7, 1985) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is the bassist for the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Early life McKee was raised in Forestville, California, and graduated from El Molino ...

Dan Reynolds Daniel Coulter Reynolds (born July 14, 1987) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Reynolds also released an EP in 2011, titled ''Egyptian – EP,'' as a duo with his former wife A ...

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and Brittany Tolman).

Reception

Jason Bracelin, writing in the ''

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'', gave a glowing review of the EP by stating "Dan Reynolds sounds like a dude with a bull's-eye for a heart". He continues "With its staccato vocal delivery and huge keys, "All Eyes" sounds destined for the airwaves, the same of which could be said of the wistful "Emma," with its dizzy synth lines and coed harmonies, and the climactic "I Don't Mind," which is powered by ricocheting guitars."

References

External links

* Imagine Dragon
Official site

All Eyes original press

Blue Microphones YouTube Channel

u/all_eyes on reddit.com
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