The Reticent presents advance premiere of new album “please”

“please“, the highly anticipated follow-up to The Reticent‘s 2020 masterpiece “The Oubliette”, is finally ready for release this Thursday, November 13th through their new label home, Generation Prog Records. Experience this cathartic album experience that delves into the heart of mental health battles today already, two days ahead of its general release, exclusively here on The Progspace.

Hailed as “prog’s most emotionally gut-wrenching” band, The Reticent began as a solo side project for its founder – multi-instrumentalist, Chris Hathcock. Already a Grammy-nominated music educator, Hathcock sought to find a way of expressing some of the more painful sides of his life and as such, The Reticent became known for its tragically autobiographical concept albums. Records such as “On The Eve Of A Goodbye” and “The Oubliette,” displayed an ever evolving progressive metal approach and gave audiences a sobering, emotional, often devastating experience. Hathcock recruited in eminently talented performers such as James Nelson (Nospūn) and Paul McBride (Voraath) to help not only bring the albums to the stage but to further enhance the studio recordings which have now been consistently produced by Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, The Contortionist).

Says the band about “please”:

The wide variety of approaches to progressive metal that The Reticent is known for is present and will most likely satisfy fans of the previous albums. The intensely personal storytelling and tragic autobiographical concepts of previous albums are also present and will again take fans on a journey. I believe fans will hopefully be able to see themselves reflected in the experiences I try to describe in this album.

“please” is a journey through the many battlefields of mental illness. From hiding such conditions from others (‘The Concealment’) to insomnia (‘The Night River’) to panic attacks (‘The Bed of Wasps’) to not being believed (‘The Scorn’) to depression (‘The Riptide’) to the edge of suicide (‘The Chance’), the album takes them through these nuanced and explosive states of mind as Chris reveals to the listeners what it is like in his mind.

Dive into “please” right away:

Album Recording Credits:
All instruments and vocals performed by Chris Hathcock except
– Lead Guitar and Additional Acoustic Guitar by James Nelson
– Guest Vocals on “The Bed of Wasps” by Brian Kingsland
– Narration by Vienna Gloom
All songs written by Chris Hathcock
Produced by Chris Hathcock
Engineered by Chris Hathcock
Drums engineered by Jamie King
Mixed and Mastered by Jamie King
Album Artwork by Joscelyne Hauserman

Band Line Up:
Chris Hathcock – Vocals, Guitar
James Nelson – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Paul McBride – Bass, Backing Vocals

The Reticent (Credit: Justin H. Reich)