Silverbacks - Archive Material

Released 21st January 2022.

In years from now, anyone seeking to make sense of what life was like during a globalpandemic should extend their research beyond the newspaper clippings and dive into the artproduced during the period. Archive Material - the aptly-titled second album by Dublin-basedart-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 usthis past 18 months, its simultaneously sobering and wickedly droll.
Spend more than five minutes in the company of brothers/band founders Daniel and KilianOKelly and youll quickly realise this playfulness is hardwired. Reminiscing about theirupbringing in Brussels, they gently rib one another about their early creative abilities.

WhenKilian started writing music, around the age of 14/15, it was like, oh shit, that's better thanwhat I've been doing - maybe I s