Discovering the Waterfront

Discovering the Waterfront is a post-hardcore album that utilizes elements of hardcore punk,{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/discovering-the-waterfront-mw0000307087 | title=Discovering the Waterfront - Silverstein | Album | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }} power pop, math rock, pop punk{{cite web | url=https://www.punknews.org/review/4302/silverstein-discovering-the-waterfront | title=Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront | date=August 26, 2005 }} and screamo.{{cite web | url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3952/reviews/13243-silverstein-discovering-the-waterfront | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105428/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3952/reviews/13243-silverstein-discovering-the-waterfront | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | title=Album Review: Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront | date=August 8, 2005 }} Rick Anderson of Allmusic noted the reduction in screamed passages in comparison to the album's predecessor, saying "they keep the screaming to a tasteful minimum, using it as a spice rather than a main ingredient. By so doing, they ensure that the screaming actually carries emotional meaning instead of turning into aural wallpaper". The album also features odd-meter guitar riffs, dual guitar lines, and vocal harmonies.

Discovering the Waterfront was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California, and Maple Sound Studios in Santa Ana, California, during March and April 2005 with producer Cameron Webb.{{#tag:ref|Webb would later work with the band producing A Shipwreck in the Sand (2009),{{cite AV media notes|title=A Shipwreck in the Sand |others=Silverstein |year=2009 |type=Booklet |publisher=Victory |id=VR458}} and mixing Decade (Live at the El Mocambo) (2010),{{cite AV media notes|title=Decade (Live at the El Mocambo) |others=Silverstein |year=2010 |type=Booklet |publisher=Victory |id=VR589}} Transitions (2010){{cite AV media notes|title=Transitions |others=Silverstein |year=2010 |type=Booklet |publisher=Hopeless |id=HR726-2}} and Rescue (2011).{{cite AV media notes|title=Rescue |others=Silverstein |year=2011 |type=Booklet |publisher=Hopeless |id=HR9726-2}}|group="nb"}} Webb also engineered and mixed the album.

On April 13, 2005, Discovering the Waterfront was announced for release in four months' time.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/12224/silverstein-complete-and-title-record-updates-from-bayside|title=Silverstein complete and title record; updates from Bayside|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 13, 2005|accessdate=October 31, 2021}} In April and May 2005, the group performed across the US as part of the Fueled By Ramen & Friends Tour, and appeared at The Bamboozle festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/11657/bamboozle-lineup|title=Bamboozle lineup|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Shultz, Brian|date=February 14, 2005|accessdate=October 30, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/11395/tours-the-fueled-by-ramen-and-friends-tour-2005|title=The Fueled By Ramen & Friends Tour 2005|work=Punknews.org|publisher=Aubin Paul|author=Shultz, Brian|date=January 19, 2005|accessdate=April 23, 2018}} Following this, they toured Europe with the Black Maria and Aiden, and Australia with Behind Crimson Eyes until the end of May 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/11983/silverstein-recording-update-upcoming-overseas-dates|title=Silverstein recording update, upcoming overseas dates|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 20, 2005|accessdate=October 30, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/12653/silverstein-announces-track-listing-for-upcoming-record|title=Silverstein announces track listing for upcoming record|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 25, 2005|accessdate=October 31, 2021}} The album's track listing was posted online on May 25, 2005. They toured across Canada with Spitalfield, Sleepersetsail and the Turn It Ups, which included an appearance at Exo Fest, and then toured the US on the Warped Tour between mid-June and mid-August.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/12548/tours-silverstein-spitalfield-sleepersetsail-the-turn-it-ups|title=Silverstein / Spitalfield / Sleepersetsail / the Turn It Ups|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Shultz, Brian|date=May 14, 2005|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1497704/warped-tour-lineup-itinerary-officially-announced/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105111310/http://www.mtv.com/news/1497704/warped-tour-lineup-itinerary-officially-announced/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2014|title=Warped Tour Lineup, Itinerary Officially Announced |work=MTV|author=Kaufman, Gil|date=March 3, 2005|accessdate=September 18, 2016}} "Smile in Your Sleep" was released as a radio single on July 19.{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock |publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated |accessdate=September 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |archivedate=March 22, 2013 |df=mdy }} Discovering the Waterfront was released on August 16 through Victory Records; it was promoted with a two-week US tour with I Am the Avalanche, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Evergreen Terrace.{{cite web|url=https://www.victoryrecords.com/silverstein/releases|title=Silverstein Releases|work=Victory Records|accessdate=13 May 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001101500/https://www.victoryrecords.com/silverstein/releases|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/13215/tours-evergreen-terrace-confirms-august-touring-plans|title=Evergreen Terrace confirms August touring plans|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=July 20, 2005|accessdate=November 1, 2021}} Following this, they appeared at a Victory Records showcase at the CMJ Music Marathon, and played a handful of East Coast US shows with Underoath, Sincebyman, and Sullivan.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/13556/media-new-video-from-underoath|title=New video from Underoath|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=August 23, 2005|accessdate=November 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/13766/cmj-label-showcases|title=CMJ label showcases|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=September 12, 2005|accessdate=November 8, 2021}} In October 2005, the band toured the UK with labelmates Hawthorne Heights, Bayside and Spitalfield; it lead into a two-month tour of the US with those same acts, plus Aiden, dubbed the Never Sleep Again Tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/12958/tours-vendetta-red-touring-with-bayside-initial-victory-uk-dates|title=Vendetta Red touring with Bayside; initial Victory UK dates|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=June 24, 2005|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/13538/tours-hawthorne-heights-silverstein-and-bayside-to-headline-never-sleep-again-tour|title=Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein and Bayside to headline Never Sleep Again tour|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=August 21, 2005|accessdate=November 8, 2021}}

In February 2006, the band went on a short headlining tour in the US, with support from Spitalfield, the Audition, and Stretch Arm Strong.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_252|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816025508/http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_252|title=Silverstein to tour with Spitalfield, Stretch Arm Strong in February|work=Alternative Press|date=December 15, 2005|archivedate=August 16, 2016|accessdate=June 25, 2016}} On February 28, 2006, a music video was released for "Discovering the Waterfront".{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_509|title=Silverstein debut "Discovering The Waterfront" video|work=Alternative Press|date=February 28, 2006|accessdate=July 19, 2016}} The band went on the Take Action Tour in March,{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_304|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816123015/http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_304|title=Chiodos, Roses Are Red on Take Action! '06; dates announced|work=Alternative Press|date=January 4, 2006|archivedate=August 16, 2016|accessdate=June 26, 2016}} and the Taste of Chaos tour in April,{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_346|title=Taste Of Chaos confirms date-by-date band lineups|work=Alternative Press|date=January 13, 2006|accessdate=June 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816130257/http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_346|archive-date=August 16, 2016|url-status=dead}} leading up to appearances at The Bamboozle and Groezrock festivals.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/14879/groezrock-celebrating-15th-anniversary-with-less-than-jake-raised-fist-me-first-and-the-gimme-gimmes|title=Groezrock celebrating 15th anniversary with Less Than Jake, Raised Fist, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=December 18, 2005|accessdate=November 22, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/16063/poison-the-well-strike-anywhere-paint-it-black-chiodos-moneen-others-added-to-bamboozle|title=Poison The Well, Strike Anywhere, Paint It Black, Chiodos, Moneen, others added to Bamboozle|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 3, 2006|access-date=January 22, 2022}} The band went on the 2006 edition of the Warped Tour. In August, the band made an appearance at Dirt Fest.{{cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/dirt-fest-2006-the-dillinger-escpape-plan-the-black-dahlia-murder-among-confirmed-acts|title=Dirt Fest 2006 - THE DILLINGER ESCPAPE PLAN, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Among Confirmed Acts|publisher=Brave Words|date=August 4, 2006|accessdate=July 13, 2017}} The album was reissued on September 19 with a DVD and the bonus track "Rodeo Clown". In September, the band supported Underoath on their tour of Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_1021|title=Underoath touring Canada with Silverstein, Moneen this Sept|work=Alternative Press|date=July 18, 2006|accessdate=July 31, 2016}} In October and November, the band went on a headlining tour of the US, dubbed the Never Shave Again Tour, with support from Aiden, It Dies Today, He Is Legend, Man Alive, the Blackout Pact and I Killed the Prom Queen.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_1202|title=Silverstein announce "Never Shave Again" U.S. tour with Aiden|work=Alternative Press|date=September 1, 2006|accessdate=August 4, 2016}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=Anderson, Rick |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/discovering-the-waterfront-mw0000307087 |title=Discovering the Waterfront - Silverstein | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2005-08-16|accessdate=2013-08-27}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2score = 2/10{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3952/reviews/13243-silverstein-discovering-the-waterfront|title=Album Review: Silverstein - Discovering The Waterfront|author=Brian E. Jemimah|work=DrownedInSound|accessdate=August 16, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105428/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3952/reviews/13243-silverstein-discovering-the-waterfront|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = PopMatters

| rev3score = {{rating|6|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/silverstein-discovering/|title=Silverstein|work=PopMatters|accessdate=August 16, 2015}}

| rev4 = Punknews.org

| rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}} {{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/review/4302/silverstein-discovering-the-waterfront |title=Silverstein - Discovering The Waterfront |publisher=Punknews.org |date= August 26, 2005|accessdate=2013-08-27}}

| rev5 = Yahoo! Music

| rev5Score = Favorable{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/22653808|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415135725/http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/22653808|title=Discovering The Waterfront|work=Yahoo! Music|author=O'Connor, Rob|date=August 9, 2005|archivedate=April 15, 2007|accessdate=January 27, 2020}}

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Discovering the Waterfront received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Rick Anderson of Allmusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and commented on how the album sounded "remarkably mature [...] for a band that has only been together for a few years". Conversely, Drowned in Sound reviewer Brian E. Jemimah gave the album a scathing review, dismissing it as an attempt to appease existing fans of the group. He wrote: "There is some unremarkable, bog-standard drumming - always the necessary spine of a shit band – and some over-nurtured songs that have so many catchy soaring choruses (peppered with screamo 'moments') for The Kids to sing along to that it can be nothing but dull. Add some disgustingly tacked-on strings half the way through and you have {{sic|more}} than enough reasons to press eject."

Discovering the Waterfront charted at number 34 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 3 on the Independent Albums chart. It also landed at number 42 on the Billboard Independent Albums Year-end chart. By the end of 2005, the album had sold over 100,000 copies in the US. By August 2006, the album had sold over 188,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=161780|title=Soundscan Results: Week Ending August 6th, 2006|work=absolutepunk.net|author=Kohli, Rohan |date=August 10, 2006|accessdate=February 12, 2016}} As of June 2007, the album has sold 232,000 copies.{{cite magazine|last1=Martens|first1=Todd|title=Onward And Upward|magazine=Billboard|date=June 16, 2007|volume=119|issue=24|page=34|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|language=English|issn=0006-2510}} On the album's 10th anniversary the band posted a photo that mentioned the album had sold 400,000 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/silversteinmusic/photos/a.75497251247.76246.23463301247/10153582189136248 |title=10 Years ago today. Thank you. #dtw10|work=facebook.com|accessdate=August 16, 2015}} The album was certified Gold by Music Canada on September 5, 2024.

In honor of its tenth anniversary, Silverstein embarked on a Discovering the Waterfront tour beginning on 15 January 2015. It is a worldwide tour, consisting of US/Canada, Europe, UK and Australia.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

The staff of Loudwire wrote, "When you hear Shane Told scream 'You were gravely mistaken!' you know shit is about to hit the fan."{{Cite web |author=Loudwire Staff|date=2018-03-29 |title=11 Screamo Albums That Actually Rule |url=https://loudwire.com/screamo-albums-actually-rule/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}

All songs written by Neil Boshart and Shane Told, except where noted. All songs performed by Silverstein.

{{Track listing

| title1 = Your Sword Versus my Dagger

| writer1 = Told

| length1 = 3:00

| title2 = Smile in Your Sleep

| length2 = 3:13

| title3 = The Ides of March

| length3 = 3:29

| title4 = Fist Wrapped in Blood

| writer4 = Told

| length4 = 2:58

| title5 = Discovering the Waterfront

| writer5 = Boshart, Sean Mackin, Told

| length5 = 4:45

| title6 = Defend You

| length6 = 3:28

| title7 = My Heroine

| writer7 = Told

| length7 = 3:27

| title8 = Always and Never

| length8 = 3:51

| title9 = Already Dead

| length9 = 3:17

| title10 = Three Hours Back

| length10 = 3:36

| title11 = Call It Karma

| writer11 = Told

| length11 = 4:14

| total_length = 39:08

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{{Track listing

| headline = Reissue bonus track

| title12 = Rodeo Clown

| note12 = Lifetime cover

| length12 = 2:03

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Reissue bonus DVD

| title1 = Your Sword Versus My Dagger

| note1 = Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour

| title2 = Smashed into Pieces

| note2 = Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour

| title3 = Fist Wrapped in Blood

| note3 = Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour

| title4 = Giving Up

| note4 = Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour

| title5 = Discovering the Waterfront

| note5 = Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour

| title6 = Defend You

| note6 = Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour

| title7 = Smile in Your Sleep

| note7 = Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour

| title8 = Bleeds No More

| note8 = featuring William Francis of Aiden) (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour

| title9 = Smile in Your Sleep

| note9 = music video

| title10 = The Making of Smile in Your Sleep

| note10 =

| title11 = Discovering the Waterfront

| note11 = music video

| title12 = Discovering the Waterfront

| note12 = montage video

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = iTunes bonus tracks

|title12 = Rodeo Clown

|note12 = Lifetime cover

|length12 = 2:03

|title13 = Discovering the Waterfront (Live at the House of Blues, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour)

|note13 = music video

|length13 = 4:43

}}

Personnel per booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=Discovering the Waterfront|others=Silverstein |year=2005 |type=Booklet |publisher=Victory |id=VR257}}

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;Silverstein

• Shane Told – vocals
• Paul Koehler – drums
• Neil Boshart – guitar
• Josh Bradford – guitar
• Billy Hamilton – bass guitar

;Additional musicians

• Sean Mackin – string arrangement, violin
• Rodney Wirtz – violin, viola, cello
• Curtis Mathewson – mellotron, synths on "My Heroine"
• Shane Told – guitars on "Fist Wrapped in Blood", "My Heroine" and "Call It Karma"
• Billy Hamilton – additional vocals on "Smile in Your Sleep", "Discovering the Waterfront", "Defend You" and "Three Hours Back"
• Silverstein, Gohan and Chris, Julia, Cameron Webb, Nick Over It and his buddy Ryan – group vocals

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;Production

• Cameron Webb – producer, engineer, mixing
• Sergio Chavez, Steve Genewick, David Fricks – additional engineering
• Scott Komer, Cory Gash – pre-production recording
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Mike Fasano – drum tech
• Paul Koehler, Silverstein – art direction
• Martin Wittfooth – artwork
• Gordie Ball – photo
• Doublej – layout

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; Footnotes

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; Citations

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• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwMt0-GXNOt1JEl9BtEPSHrWYaDBPLwPz Discovering the Waterfront] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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