Silverbacks - Archive MaterialIn 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

true and truthful

Have you seen Dumbo

Skinhead Moonstomp

and his blood brother Subroc — one half of the sibling rap duo — passed away

Acknowledging the uncertainty in which the songs were assembled

The First Rehearsal Tapes comprise an audio diary of two men out in the ether

There's some light play related distortion on the first track

‘Learning To Cope With Cowardice’

"The day before flying to the UK I got run over by a car and had to escape hospital in order to make it so I arrived with bandages and my head all stitched up

New Road were also declared Artist Of The Week and Album Of The Week by The Observer

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Butch Vig and Shirley Manson