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: The Kundalini Genie Reveal "Half In, Half Out" Music Video

Scottish psychedelic rock’n’roll outfit The Kundalini Genie have revealed the video for their newest single "Half In, Half Out".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming fifth studio album 'Half In, Half Out', which will be available on November 12 through Space Ranch Records (Europe) and Little Cloud Records (USA). Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, frontman Robbie Wilson says: "This song is about assholes, really.  People who aren’t nice.  People who think they’re better than you, or too cool for you, or higher and mightier than you, it’s also about when those people inevitably fall short of their own high opinion of themselves and make themselves look a fool, in a nutshell."

Watch the clip below.

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Watch: Priestgate Return With New Single/Video "Bedtime Story"

East Yorkshire dream-punk quintet Priestgate have returned with their brand new single "Bedtime Story", alongside an accompanying music video.

The song was produced by Nick Hodgson and engineered by Matt Peel, and is out today (October 5) via Lucky Number & Mirror Music Group. Grab it here

Watch/listen below.

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