US instrumental post-rock collective If These Trees Could Talk unleashed new full-length album »The Hidden Hand« on Metal Blade Records!
Akron, Ohio based instrumental post-rock band If These Trees Could Talk stream their fifth full-length album, »The Hidden Hand«, which was just released on July 10th, 2026 via Metal Blade Records.
Tracklist:
01. Archons
02. Moon Machine
03. Sea Of Glass
04. Blurry Creatures
05. Silence Between Mountains, Pt. 1
06. Silence Between Mountains, Pt. 2
07. Metanoia
08. Flim
09. Endlessly Connected
Courtesy of Earsplit PR:
In 2024, acclaimed instrumental post-rock band If These Trees Could Talk released a single, »Trail Of Whispering Giants«, the group’s first new music in eight years, and fans clamored for more. The wait is now over with »The Hidden Hand«, a full album of nine stellar, provocative songs set for release on July 10th through Metal Blade Records.
As drummer and band-co-founder Zack Kelly explains, “The If These Trees Could Talk experience feels like a slow, wordless conversation between the inner and outer world best consumed like the score to a cinematic picture or a space for meditation, healing, and clarity.
“This release means a lot to me not only spiritually but emotionally,” Kelly, who co-founded the band with drummer-brother Cody Kelly in 2005, continues. “There were a lot of up-and-downs during the making of this album and the journey took longer than anticipated, but the end goal is to make music that holds an emotional imprint, and I hope we have succeeded.”
Photo by Sondra Kelly
»The Hidden Hand« offers the same range of dark and ambient landscapes as the band’s previous offerings but also brings a feeling of resolution. “As we all get older and our musical tastes evolve, it’s more of a challenge to keep the sound of the band in a specific lane and not venture too far away from where we originally started.”
If These Trees Could Talk focuses on capturing sonic power, utilizing the three guitars to cover different areas of the spectrum. Kelly elaborates, “It’s almost the same way an orchestra would be set up with the bass guitar covering cello, the rhythm guitars holding down the woodwind section and the lead guitarist covering the strings section. No matter who comes up with a riff or where it starts, the end product must always have these three components present especially when transitioning from clean to heavy tones.”
Longtime fans and newcomers alike will thrill to the album’s stunning first single, »Blurry Creatures«. Kelly notes, “The track embodies the raw nature of the If These Trees Could Talk sound by incorporating unrelenting riffs with epic highs and lows, ambient syncopated delays and a battle chant that stimulates the senses.”
At once dreamy and powerful, »Sea Of Glass« is If These Trees Could Talk’s latest single.
Comments drummer Zack Kelly, “»Sea Of Glass« offers a smooth optimistic post-rock landscape guided by uplifting clean guitars and heavy chorus hooks which pay off with a haunting and explosive resolution.”
Watch If These Trees Could Talk’s »Sea Of Glass« video HERE.
Watch the band’s previously released video for »Blurry Creatures« HERE.
The Akron, Ohio-based outfit has been praised by Metal Hammer for their, “uplifting post-rock that layers cascading guitars over tight drums with a deep emotional resonance,” while the lineup’s Metal Blade debut (and third LP overall), 2016’s »The Bones Of A Dying World«, was called “a fluid-flowing masterpiece that builds upon complex, progressive dreamscapes.”
This year’s »The Hidden Hand« boasts nine stellar and plainly provocative songs. If These Trees Could Talk focuses on capturing sonic power, utilizing the three guitars to cover different areas of the spectrum.
“Most parts usually start with a loop pedal and delay, from there a natural bass line will reveal itself and we can build from there after lots of trial and error,” explains Zack, who co-founded the band with drummer-brother Cody Kelly in 2005. “Drums patterns can also help play against the loop and create a movement or flow to help build the counts and changes. The If These Trees Could Talk experience feels like a slow, wordless conversation between the inner and outer world best consumed like the score to a cinematic picture or a space for meditation, healing, and clarity.”
»The Hidden Hand« is released on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
• Lava Red Marble (US)
• Solar Flare Marble (US)
• Purple Galaxy Marble (US)
• 180g Black (EU – Ltd. 1000)
• Tropical Sunset Marble (Orange/Purple/White) (EU – Ltd. 500)
• Orange Oxblood Merged (EU – Ltd. 250)
Find orders at metalblade.com/ifthesetreescouldtalk.
If These Trees Could Talk is:
Cody Kelly – Guitar
Zack Kelly – Drums
Tom Fihe – Bass
Jeff Kalal – Guitar
Mike Socrates – Guitar
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