Silk Riot Announces New Album Still Up, Arriving July 24

Written By Feddia Dean

The After Hours Voices artist builds a cinematic 13-track journey through desire, loyalty, emotional pressure, distance, and the quiet hours before sunrise.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARIZONA | July 18, 2026
After Hours Voices Entertainment announces the upcoming release of Still Up, the new album from contemporary R&B artist Silk Riot. The 13-track project arrives July 24, 2026, on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, and other major digital platforms.

Pre-save Still Up:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/silkriot/still-up

Blending contemporary R&B, trap soul, dark R&B, and atmospheric late-night production, Still Up expands the emotionally restrained world Silk Riot has developed across releases including “CRASHOUT,” “Ten Toes Down,” and “Need That.”

The album moves through longing, physical desire, loyalty, frustration, emotional distance, complicated timing, and the quiet relief of gratitude. Rather than presenting each song as an isolated moment, Still Up unfolds across one continuous night.

Three interludes, “2:17 AM,” “4:06 AM,” and “6:21 AM,” mark the passage of time as the album shifts from pressure and temptation toward reflection, clarity, and sunrise.

The project opens with “Passenger Side,” a cinematic record built around memory, absence, and the feeling of driving with someone still occupying an empty seat. “CRASHOUT” brings the emotional pressure beneath Silk Riot’s calm exterior to the surface before the album moves deeper into attraction, restraint, and late-night intimacy through “Pretty Lil Shy Thing” and “Not That Deep.”

“Ten Toes Down” and “Need That” form the emotional center of the album. One is grounded in loyalty and steady commitment, while the other captures the pull of reconnection and physical closeness.

The project also includes two collaborations. Sareah joins Silk Riot on “Right Person, Wrong Time,” a duet about undeniable chemistry complicated by unstable timing. Reign Makasi appears on “Silent Loyalty,” an Afro-R&B collaboration examining what loyalty means when love changes, relationships end, and respect still remains.

“Bad Gyal Only” brings warmth and Caribbean-influenced romance into the album’s final stretch before “Bills Paid” closes the night with gratitude, independence, and the peace of recognizing how far the journey has come.

“I don’t write songs to tell people what to think. I write to create a space where they can think for themselves. Most of these stories begin after hours, when the world gets quiet enough to hear yourself honestly.”

Written and produced primarily by Silk Riot, Still Up reflects his approach to music as both an artist and storyteller. ZentheProducer provided beat production for “CRASHOUT” and “Not That Deep.” Collaborative writing and performance are featured on “Right Person, Wrong Time” with Sareah and “Silent Loyalty” with Reign Makasi.

The album continues Silk Riot’s larger creative philosophy: your values should make the decisions your emotions cannot. Across the project, emotional honesty exists beside composure. Desire does not erase accountability. Loyalty does not require possession. Confidence does not eliminate vulnerability.

As an artist and co-founder of After Hours Voices Entertainment, Silk Riot approaches every release as part of a connected world where music, visuals, character, and storytelling work together with intention.

Still Up arrives July 24, 2026.

Still Up Tracklist

  1. Passenger Side

  2. CRASHOUT
    Beat produced by ZentheProducer

  3. 2:17 AM (Interlude)

  4. Pretty Lil Shy Thing

  5. Not That Deep
    Beat produced by ZentheProducer

  6. Ten Toes Down

  7. Need That

  8. 4:06 AM (Interlude)

  9. Right Person, Wrong Time
    Silk Riot & Sareah

  10. Silent Loyalty
    Silk Riot & Reign Makasi

  11. Bad Gyal Only

  12. 6:21 AM (Interlude)

  13. Bills Paid

Album Credits

Written and produced by Silk Riot except where collaborators and additional production are listed.

Beat production by ZentheProducer on “CRASHOUT” and “Not That Deep.”

“Right Person, Wrong Time” written and performed by Silk Riot and Sareah.

“Silent Loyalty” written and performed by Silk Riot and Reign Makasi.

Released through After Hours Voices Entertainment.

Pre-Save Still Up

Pre-save the album before its July 24 release:

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/silkriot/still-up

About Silk Riot

Silk Riot is a contemporary R&B artist blending trap soul and dark R&B into cinematic, late-night records rooted in emotional honesty and quiet confidence. His music explores love, loyalty, desire, gratitude, self-control, and the choices that reveal who people become under pressure.

More than a stage name, Silk Riot is an artistic self-portrait created to transform thoughts and emotions into stories listeners can enter themselves. He is an artist, songwriter, producer, and co-founder of After Hours Voices Entertainment.

Press and Media

Press photographs:
[SILK RIOT/ PRESS PHOTOS]

Silk Riot press page:
https://afterhoursvoices.com/silk-riot/press

Artist website:
https://afterhoursvoices.com/silk-riot

Press Contact

After Hours Voices Entertainment
Press and Media
press@afterhoursvoices.com
https://afterhoursvoices.com

Feddia Dean