Golden Silvers
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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.[1]
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.[1][2] They played the Glastonbury Festival in 2009.[3]
Music
The band released its debut album True Romance on 20 April 2009.[4] Describing the new album, The Guardian's reviewer wrote "flamboyant lyrics, references to Greek myth and big, elastic bass lines dominate".[5]
Appearances
The band performed two songs on Later...with Jools Holland during May 2009[6] 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'.[7] 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.[8]
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK | ||
| 2009 | True Romance
|
96 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | ||||
| 2009 | "True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)" | 142 | True Romance | |
| "Arrows of Eros" | — | |||
| "Please Venus" | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
References
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