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Golden Silvers
English band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Golden Silvers were an English band from London signed to independent record label XL Recordings. The line-up consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Gwilym Gold, Ben Moorhouse on bass guitar, and Robden Alexis Nunez on drums.[2]
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Early stages
The band gained recognition by winning Glastonbury's prestigious New Talent competition in 2008 and subsequently performed on The Other stage that year.[2][3] They played the Glastonbury Festival in 2009.[4]
Music
The band released its debut album True Romance on 20 April 2009.[5] Describing the new album, The Guardian's reviewer wrote "flamboyant lyrics, references to Greek myth and big, elastic bass lines dominate".[6]
Appearances
The band performed two songs on Later...with Jools Holland during May 2009[7] and have supported Blur at Hyde Park, London. They played a popular set at Reading festival 2009 and gave away necklaces to the audience as thanks for coming to see them.
Aside from live appearances, Golden Silvers' vocalist Gwilym Gold curates a quarterly live event night named 'Bronze Club' at East London pub 'The Macbeth'.[8] Bronze Blog is known to showcase a wide variety of musicians and DJs including Mystery Jets, The Invisible, Micachu, Esser, Everything Everything, Othello Wolf and many more. Since its inception, Bronze Club has said to have gathered a strong following, which has led attendants to dress up in relation to the Ages of Man in Greek Mythology; gold, silver and bronze.[9]
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
References
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