This Is How the Wind Shifts is the seventh[3][4] studio album by Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein, released on February 5, 2013 through Hopeless Records.

[5] Vocalist Shane Told said the band have been "huge fans of the label since their inception".

[10] This Is How the Wind Shifts was recorded at Sundown Studios in Guelph, Ontario, Canada with producer Jordan Valeriote.

[11] According to Told, This Is How the Wind Shifts is a concept album, similar to A Shipwreck in the Sand (2009).

[15] This Is How the Wind Shifts does not have the typical beginning, middle and end story line that featured on Shipwreck.

[15] However, he isn't that interested in concept albums, declaring he simply tries "to write great songs.

The song titles of each parallel track go together, forming a sentence or in some cases two words that relate to each other and to the story.

[17] "On Brave Mountains We Conquer", and its counterpart "In Silent Seas We Drown", are the most autobiographical songs on the album.

[17] Rousseau revealed that the song refers relationship when someone he misses is away and that he is not accustomed the other side "of that emotional exchange".

[17] "In Silent Seas We Drown" matches the story featured in "On Brave Mountains We Conquer" but from a parallel universe point of view.

[17] Rousseau brought up the idea of using "backward effects, playing things forward and then reversing them", as Told mentions.

[20] "Stand Amid the Roar" was available for streaming a day later[21] and released as a single on December 4.

[11] A box set edition with several 7" vinyl records was available;[29] as was an Australian version of the album featuring three bonus tracks.

[31] The band also played in Canada in June with The Wonder Years,[32] prior to their stint on Warped Tour.

[35] A reissue of the album, with the new title This Is How the Wind Shifts: Addendum, was released on October 15.

[36] The band played in Europe from late November to mid-December[37] and toured Canada again in January and February 2014.

[39] A mash-up video, of "This Is How" and "The Wind Shifts", was posted on March 31,[40] filmed by the band's guitarist Josh Bradford.

[44] On November 23, 2023, the band commenced their North America tour celebrating the 10 year anniversary of This Is How the Wind Shifts.

In large part, the tour emphasized the significance of This Is How the Wind Shifts as a concept album; playing each parallel track back to back, interspersed with the band's greatest hits, as opposed to playing the album from start to finish.