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Archive Material Due Out January 21 via Full Time Hobby
Jan 10, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Dublin post-punk five-piece Silverbacks are releasing a new album, Archive Material, on January 21 via Full Time Hobby. Now they have shared its fourth single, “A Job Worth Something,” via a video for it. More
Plus Sweeping Promises, Just Mustard, Aeon Station, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 19, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 44th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a fairly slow week for new songs, perhaps with Thanksgiving impending next week, but we found 10 we liked. More
Archive Material Due Out January 21, 2022 via Full Time Hobby
Nov 16, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Dublin post-punk five-piece Silverbacks are releasing a new album, Archive Material, on January 21, 2022 via Full Time Hobby. Now they have shared its third single, “Rolodex City.” They have also announced some new 2022 tour dates for the UK and Ireland. More
Plus Sloppy Jane, Silverbacks, Lionlimb, Gang of Youths, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 08, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 38th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a solid week for new tracks, including the first single from the first album in 17 years from some 1980s icons. More
Archive Material Due Out January 21, 2022 via Full Time Hobby
Oct 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Dublin post-punk five-piece Silverbacks have announced a new album, Archive Material, and shared its title track, via a video for it. More
Plus Damon Albarn, Proper., Suuns, The Dodos, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 03, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2021. We liked enough new songs this week to form a Top 11. More
Their First Release for Full Time Hobby
Sep 02, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Dublin post-punk five-piece Silverbacks have shared a brand new song, “Wear My Medals.” Lauren Gregory directed the accompanying video, which starts off as claymation before switching to live action and featuring the band. “Wear My Medals” is Silverback’s first release for Full Time Hobby, a label the band has just signed to. More
Plus Cults, Hoops, Flock of Dimes, Silverbacks, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 26, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the 25th Songs of the Week of 2020. We’re almost halfway through this trying year! Yay? Thanks in part to ineffective leadership at the top, coronavirus cases have skyrocketed across the land. All we can say to that is: wear a mask!!! More
Fad Due Out July 17 via Central Tones
Jun 26, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Promising new Dublin five-piece Silverbacks are releasing their debut album, Fad, on July 17 via Central Tones. Now they have shared another song from it, “Up the Nurses,” via a video for the somewhat brief track. More
Plus Nick Hakim, The 1975, Moses Sumney, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the nineteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. Not much has changed, except that more and more people seem to think it’s a good idea to get back to normal, but a return to anything close to the pre-pandemic society seems a long way off. More
Fad Due Out July 17 via Central Tones
May 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Promising new Dublin five-piece Silverbacks have announced their debut album, Fad, and shared a new song from it, “Muted Gold,” via an amusing video for the track. Fad is due out July 17 via Central Tones. Check out the “Muted Gold” video below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as the band’s upcoming European tour dates (hopefully they happen). More
Interviews
“I’d like to come back as one of those old school trains with a steam whistle.”
Sep 25, 2020
By Mark Redfern
To end out the week, we ask Kilian O’Kelly of Silverbacks some questions about endings and death. More
Reviews
Jan 26, 2022
By Matt the Raven
Released a year and a half after the Irish five-piece art rockers’ debut Fad, Archive Material sees Silverbacks continuing their effort to defy categorization by creating sonic pastiches from fragments of widely varying genres into a jovial racket with wild shifts in dynamics and tempo. More
