Leave in Silence
Leave in Silence
Leaving can sound quieter than staying.
An empty doorway, withdrawing cloth and a thread across the threshold.
Start listening closer ↓Inside the release
Leave in Silence was the first UK Depeche Mode single with the BONG catalogue prefix: 7 BONG 1. The twelve-inch carries Longer and Quieter versions as well as a further excerpt from My Secret Garden.
Listen closer
Attend to the restraint in the vocal and the space the electronic arrangement leaves around it. The atmosphere feels held in suspension, even while the rhythm continues underneath.
Another way in
Play the standard version and then Quieter. What changes when the familiar shape is reduced, and which details suddenly become easier to hear?