Watch: Silverbacks Air New Single/Video "A Job Worth Something"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have aired the video for their new single "A Job Worth Something".

The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Archive Material', which will be out on Jan 21st 2022 on Full Time Hobby. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, vocalist Daniel O’Kelly said:  “For most of the pandemic I lived with my sister who is a healthcare worker and was working in the designated Covid hospital in St James’ Dublin. Unfortunately, I was far less heroic, writing copy for a car insurance company. This song is about feeling embarrassed about how different our lives were at this time. When it comes to telling my grandchildren what all this was like, I’ll be telling them about my sisters who have more important stories to share.”

Take a listen below.

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New Entry: Silverbacks Release New Single "Rolodex City"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have released their new single "Rolodex City".

The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Archive Material', which will be out on Jan 21st 2022 on Full Time Hobby. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, vocalist Daniel O’Kelly said:  “Rolodex City is about a property mogul who has fallen on very hard times during a period where technology has changed the way his business and people work. Similar to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid getting caught out by the trains, bicycles and an increasingly small world, Mr Rolodex is running out of options. He visits a town in a barren landscape with the hope of flipping a bit of land, posing as whatever character the people there will trust - Rolodex City.

“Ultimately, our anti-hero has no luck and reluctantly ends his trip at a line dance led by Emma – feel free to join in!

“To help set the scene, we used a live drum sound and contrasting drum machine claps and mechanical percussion. The guitars are inspired by the twang of country music with some Verlaine techniques employed on the solo, for the riff spotters.”

Take a listen below.

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Silverbacks Announce Debut LP 'Archive Material', Stream Title Track

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have announced the release of their sophomore full-length album 'Archive Material'.

The follow-up to their 2020's debut Fad, was recorded at Dublin’s Sonic Studios in November 2020, with Girl Band bassist Daniel Fox undertaking production duties once more, and will be out on Jan 21st 2022 on Full Time Hobby. Pre-order your copy here.

In years from now, anyone seeking to make sense of what life was like during a global pandemic should extend their research beyond the newspaper clippings and dive into the art produced during the period. Archive Material - the aptly-titled second album by Dublin-based art-rock quintet Silverbacks - will make for a particularly illuminating listen on the subject. Capturing the absurd mixture of monotony and creeping disquiet experienced by many of us this past 18 months, it’s simultaneously sobering and wickedly droll.

Archive Material only cements Silverbacks’ status as one of Ireland’s most fascinating bands. It finds the band leaning into their early influences, delivering idiosyncratic indie-rock packed with intricate, Tom Verlaine-esque “guitarmony”. Other reference points for the record included Neil Young, Weyes Blood and - on ‘Wear My Medals’ in particular - Bradford Cox and Cate Le Bon’s collaborative record Myths 004.

Where Fad found Silverbacks focused on recapturing the live experience rather than reveling in studio experimentation, Archive Material skillfully traverses the line between the two. As a unit, they replicate that irrepressible live energy via complex arrangements incorporating everything from wistful Rhodes (‘Carshade’) to congas and Gang Of Four-style bass (‘Different Kind Of Holiday’)

Keenly observed and vividly rendered, Archive Material is an eye-witness account of human resilience as much as it is a compelling indie-rock record. Future historians take note.

Check out the album's tracklist and the video for "Archive Material" below.

Archive Material tracklisting:
01. Archive Material

02. A Job Worth Something

03. Wear My Medals

04. They Were Never Our People

05. Rolodex City

06. Different Kind Of Holiday

07. Carshade

08. Central Tones

09. Recycle Culture

10. Econymo

11. Nothing To Write Home About

12. I’m Wild

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Watch: Silverbacks Drop New Single/Video "Wear My Medals"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have dropped the video for their new single "Wear My Medals".

The song is out today (September 2) via Full Time Hobby. Grab it here.

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Silverbacks Share New Single/Video "Up The Nurses"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have shared the video for their new single "Up The Nurses".

The song is taken from their forthcoming debut album 'Fad', which will be out on July 14th via Central Tones. Pre-order your copy here.

Watch/listen below.

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Silverbacks Announce Debut LP 'Fad', Air New Single/Video "Muted Gold"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have announced the release of their debut full-length album 'Fad'.

The 13-track album was recorded with was produced by Girl Band bassist Daniel Fox, and will be out on July 14th via Central Tones. Pre-order your copy here.

With taut rhythms of 70s punk and the freak-outs of NYC no-wave, Silverbacks craft a signature sound spiked with triple guitar riffs and on-the-pulse lyrics.

Fad represents the sound of a band trying to make sense of a noisy and disjointed world - one that competes for your attention at every turn. For them, it has come to be a symbol of what it feels like to try and absorb the world through both fleeting moments in front of screens, and prolonged obsessive periods filled with focus. They pull apart pop-culture in search of new meaning, whether it’s a nod to The Simpsons (Fad 95), imagining a lost John Hughes film (Klub Silberrücken), spiralling downwards into youtube deep-dives (Pink Tide), or making sense of youth culture through The Urban Dictionary (Grinning At The Lid). Much in the same way that modern life can be defined by its unpredictability, Silverbacks colourful, vivid and exuberant songs dismantle their source material and end up in places that you don’t think they will.

The band have also aired their new single "Muted Gold", singer guitarist Daniel O’Kelly comments on the accompanying video: “The video is loosely inspired by early Stereolab music videos. It’s a collection of clips from a few band outings we had near our practice space before the lockdown began. Fun fact, Peadar used to work in a bowling alley. Despite not having played in years he scored 192 on the day we brought the camera.”

UPDATE 18/05/2020: "Muted Gold" is our new Single of the Week!

Check out the album's tracklist and the video for "Muted Gold" below.

Fad tracklisting:
01. Dunkirk
02. Pink Tide
03. Drink It Down
04. Fad ’95
05. Dud
06. Klub Silberrücken
07. Travel Lodge Punk
08. Just In The Band
09. Grinning At The Lid
10. Muted Gold
11. Up The Nurses
12. Madra Uisce
13. Last Orders

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New Entry: Silverbacks Premiere New Single "Sirens"

Dublin indie punk/alt rock band Silverbacks have premiered their new single "Sirens".

The song was produced by Girl Band bassist Daniel Fox, keeping him on to record ‘Sirens', we hear the creative spark well intact, with plenty to latch on to. The lushly recorded propulsive rhythm section prompts a visceral response from the three guitarists who weave fuzz-laden riffs, tonally warped solos, and spindly post-punk riffs into the phenomenal mix.

Switching from semi spoken nonchalance to unabashedly catchy glam punk melodies singer Daniel O'Kelly uses these aesthetics to deliver lyrics where he's camouflaging his disdain towards society with his natural sardonic wit.

Of the lyrics, O'Kelly says: "In ‘Sirens’, the narrator misses riots and important protests taking place in his city because he’s too preoccupied with writing the perfect soundtrack for what is happening. He’s equally distracted by his relationship issues, tennis, and his obsession with his favourite band."

The track is out now via Nice Swan Records, with the limited edition AA 7" out on 31st January 2020. Stream it below.

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