SILVERTWIN HEAD TO THE DANCEFLOOR WITH: “THE NIGHT IS OURS”

TAKEN FROM S/T DEBUT ALBUM:
‘SILVERTWIN’
OUT 16 JULY 2021- PRE-ORDER HERE

 

 

 

 

Taking cues from Studio 54 classics to Wings’ mid-seventies disco period, “The Night Is Ours” is inspired by that unbeatable feeling of a night on the tiles and an homage to the mirrorball flecked dancefloors of yesteryear. As Silvertwin frontman Isaac Shalam says of the track: 

 

““The Night Is Ours” is a song about the buzz you feel getting ready and going out for a night in London. 4 on the floor drums. The plonky bassline is influenced by the one on Silly Love Songs by Wings. The studio vibe was bouncing. Dan turned up jet-lagged and put down the guitar solo. Spread out around the studio, Lauric and Rado played the Congas and I played the shaker in one take. It was the most fun track to record. We were trying to channel Nile Rodgers with the funky guitar. The bridges had me and Alicia overdub lots of harmonies to create the atmospheric feel.”

 

 

 

 

Following recent singles including “Ploy”, “You Only” and “Saviour”, “The Night Is Ours” is just one of many delights soon-to-be-heard on Silvertwin’s self-titled debut album, which arrives on 16th July 2021. Already shaping up to be one of 2021’s most essential debuts, ‘Silvertwin’, will be like opening a time-capsule of 70s hits you never knew existed. An intoxicating rush of retro-pop nuance and artful nostalgia, think Paul McCartney produced by ELO and you’re part-way there.

 

With a sound as familiar as your childhood soundtrack, the record is notably blessed with the touching turn of phrase and swooning couplets of frontman Isaac Shalam. Setting-out to create “an album of timeless songwriting”, Shalam explores themes of “young love and the wide spectrum of emotions that come with it” written with heartfelt honesty and endearingly relatable experiences. Recorded to tape rather than digitally, most parts were recorded by Shalam with some overdubs by the rest of the band and session musicians to enhance its warmly authentic baroque-pop feel. The result is indeed a record of timeless feel; lost out-of-time and estranged from its seventies acolytes, yet sounding fresher than ever in the mixed-up here and now of 2021. Yearning to be heard by the ears of all generations, it will appeal to fans of like minded retro-revisionists like The Lemon Twigs or Whitney, as well as fans of the myriad quintessential acts who have inspired it, from Billy Joel to The Beatles, Supertramp to Gilbert O’Sullivan.

 

The record is masterfully produced by Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado (The Flaming Lips / The Killers / Father John Misty) who has mentored and supported the band from their very earliest days. Providing the record with the classic finish it richly deserves, ‘Silvertwin’ was mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios and mixed by the legendary Cenzo Townshend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quickly impressing audiences and industry alike, the Silvertwin name soon caught the ear of Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado who invited the band to develop their studio sound with him at LA’s prestigious Electro Vox studios. Spending the last year readying a clutch of songs for wider release, recent single “Ploy” was the first of those sessions to materialise, swiftly followed by leading album track “You Only” and recent addition “Savour”.

 

Playing their first official shows in 2020, the band drew a sold-out capacity crowd to a two night residency at London’s Pin-Ups venue by word-of-mouth sensation

 

 

 

 

Wed 16 June – Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney – Early Show 8pm – SOLD OUT

Wed 16 June –  Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney – Late Show 9:30pm – SOLD OUT

 

Thu 15 July – Sebright Arms – ** Album Launch Show ** – TICKETS