Archive Material

Riff Manic SILVERBACKS From D.C. Triumph In B.C.

Posted on by JL

On stage

7 May 2022

Band: SILVERBACKS
Who: Up and coming indie guitar team from Dublin City, Ireland
Albums: FAD (2020) and the a.w.e.s.o.m.e new one Archive Material

Concert: Botanique venue, Brussels City, Belgium – 5 May 2022

HIGHS

1. Guitarist Kilian O’Kelly is a riff wizard. He produces riff after riff after riff the way NYC’s Television maestro Tom Verlaine used to blow minds with his electrifying guitar style.

2. Fluently French-speaking frontman Daniel O’Kelly (yep, Killian‘s brother in crime) is the man in the middle of this Irish team. His sharp-edged vocals made me think of David Byrne in his early talking heads days when he articulated his words like an anxious misfit.

3. Bassist and vocalist Emma Hanlon is the band’s silent one. She’s extremely focused throughout the concert while plugging her bass and when she comes up front for the lead vocals on Wear My Medals and Up The Nurses she looks a bit shy and nervous which made her really cute.

4. No fillers, all killers. On record and on stage.
All rollicking ripsnorters all rip-roaring rockers.

5. After a short technical problem the band explodes once again with psychedelic knockout Recycle Culture. Hair-rasing. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

D.C. triumph in B.C.

LOWS: None.

Here’s an idea of Silverbacks‘ live swagger…

Stream ARCHIVE MATERIAL here…

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Buy the album via Bandcamp

Irish Indie Team SILVERBACKS Confirms Electrifying Potential On Their Second Album ‘ARCHIVE MATERIAL’

Posted on by JL

22 January 2022

Band: SILVERBACKS
Who: Indie adventurers
from Dublin, Ireland

New album: ARCHIVE MATERIAL – 2nd LP

Press info: “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.”

The Quietus: “With Archive Material, Silverbacks bring so much fun, personality,
and excellent musicianship across their songs. It’s a record that, once again,
confirms a bright future ahead.” Full review here. Score: 8/10.

Turn Up The Volume: The urgency of early Talking Heads and Devo‘s sharp-edged
staccato with Television‘s Tom Verlaine on guitar. Add some Parquet Courts‘ jangle,
Gang Of Four‘s funky rhythmics and some Delta 5‘s nervous male/female vocality and
you know you’ve got an electrifying winner here. My ears tell me that this longplayer
is one they’ll listen to for a long time. Tons of riffs, hooks, and licks to activate your
lazy limbs.

Singles: A Job Worth Something / Archive Material / Rolodex City

– A JOB WORTH SOMETHING –

– ARCHIVE MATERIAL –

– ROLODEX CITY –

Stream full album…

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You can buy Archive Material via Bandcamp