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Fallen / See Me In My Dreams / Immediate INVISIBLE HANDS MUSIC
Its sometimes pleasing to know that some things never change, take Silver Sun for example - releasing their first new material in almost
5 years and still sounding like fresh faced pop monkeys, full of the joys of sky high melodies and fuzz pedals.
Latest album DAD'S WEIRD DREAM sticks firmly to the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' school of thinking, James Broad and his band still sounding like a Cheap Trick tribute band high on sugar and caffeine and still capable of writing the most infectiously catchy pop songs you've ever heard.
There's no messing about here either, latest single FALLEN another impossibly catchy tune; with his helium pitched falsetto, frontman James Broad is perhaps Justin Hawkins with a Cheap Trick rather than Queen obsession, but somehow his wide eyed innocence and infectious energy translates much more positively that The Darkness' more cynical tendencies.
Like Ash before they adopted the rock attitude or a cheekier version of Weezer, Silver Sun are the epitome of a simple fuzzed up power pop band. With FALLEN they prove yet again that they can still bang out a three minute pop gem with disarming ease.
BIOGRAPHY
This London quartet are fronted by the bespectacled James Broad, a man whose perverse lyrics are surrounded by sugar-coated melodies drenched in a heavy buzzsaw guitar attack and heavenly harmonies. The rest of the line up is Richard Buckton (bass / vocals), Paul Smith (guitar) and Richard Sayce (drums / vocals). Falling somewhere between the Buzzcocks and Cheap Trick, Silver Sun have gained a large pop fanbase (especially in Japan) and have even received coverage in Keraang! magazine, best known for their coverage of everything 'heavy metal'.
Their first release (under the name Sun) was a four track EP on Polydor in 1996. The EPs Last Day and Lava followed soon after. In Japan, all ten tracks from these EPs were compiled on one disc, entitled You Are Here. After one more EP, Golden Skin, their self-titled debut album was released in 1997. Packing a major wallop, this debut was one of the most exciting releases of the year. Two more singles were lifted from their debut: Julia and a re-release of Lava. At the end of 1997, Japan released yet another Silver Sun album (their third in that country) called ‘B’ Is For Silver Sun, a compilation of 11 b-sides released since You Are Here. In mid-1998, Silver Sun released Too Much Too Little Too Late, an EP of cover versions (including songs by Rush, My Bloody Valentine, the Muffs and Denise Williams). Neo Wave, their second proper studio album was released in October 1998.
After a six year silence, Silver Sun are back with their phenomenal new single Immediate. This will be their first release since their UK Top 30 hit I'll See You Around. It is also the first release since the Lava single to feature the sci-fi artwork of Jeff Cummins who worked with the band throughout the campaign for their first album and associated singles. Immediate is just some of the juice from the fruit of 5 years worth of songwriting (208 songs) from frontman James Broad. "This is the greatest album we have released, it's been a labour of love and has almost lost me my figure, my relationship, my virginity and my bank account. But it has been worth it," he says.
This song and the rest of new album Disappear Here was recorded in the Silver Sun’s Godd Complexx studio in Walthamstow, East London, and was written, produced and played by James Broad, who has rarely left the mixing board since the band’s self-imposed hibernation began in the year 2000.
The foursome are currently rehearsing for upcoming dates which threaten to be the highlight of your live year. The band still hold the honours of being the only band louder than Faith No More to play Newcastle Riverside. No one has ever lost a limb at a Silver Sun gig but it surely only a matter of time.
There has, thank god, been a recent move towards real rock n roll, which Silver Sun purveyed so loftily above the waning fag-ends of Britpop and it is only a matter of moments before they reclaim their rightful place as the masters of melody and
LINE UP
James Broad>vocals/guitar
Richard Buckton>bass/vocals
Paul Smith>guitar
Richard Sayce>drums/vocals
DISCOGRAPHY
EP (1996>Polydor)
There Will Never Be Another Me
Thickshake
Captain
Top Trumps
LAVA (1996>Polydor)
Lava
Changling
Streets Are Paved With Tarmac
LAST DAY (1997>Polydor)
Last Day
Trickle Down
Gossip
GOLDEN SKIN (1997>Polydor)
Golden Skin
She'll Do
17 Times
In Nature
Hight Times
It Couldn't Be You
SILVER SUN (1997>Polydor)
Test
Golden Skin
Dumb
Julia
Far Out
Last Day
Service
Yellow Light
Lava
2 Digits
This 'N' That
Wonderful
Bad Haircut
Nobody
Animals Feet
JULIA (1997>Polydor)
Julia
Reasons To Live
American Metal
Angel Eyes
Made For You
LAVA (1997>Polydor)
Lava
Part Of Your Life
Tokyo E Ikitai
Fifteen
Lava (Acoustic)
Built In A Day
Click
Last Day Of Your Life (Acoustic)
TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE (1998>Polydor) Too Much, Too Little, Too Late Xanadu You Made Me Realise I'm A Dick
I'LL SEE YOU AROUND (1998>Polydor)
I'll See You Around
For Your Art
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (Acoustic) Disguise Missed Jessica
NEO WAVE (1998>Polydor)
Cheerleading
I'll See You Around
Would've If I Could've
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
Scared
There Goes Summer
Sharks
The Prophet Of The Prairie
Mustard
Pixie, Pixie
Hey Girlfriend
Only A Girl
Special Powers
Fire And Blood
Patients
Dead End
SHARKS (1998>Polydor)
Sharks
Ways Of Love
Hey Girlfriend (Live)
I Can't Wait (Live)
Animals Feet (Live)
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
Lava
IMMEDIATE (2005>Invisible Hands Music)
Immediate
Dance With Me
Sweet Baby
DAD'S WEIRD DREAM (Invisible Hands Music>2006) Hi Scorpia Fallen Facts Of Life Find Him And Love Him Rock N Roll Widow See Me In My Dreams Getting It Together In The Country Poppin Sunday Gurl What She Wants Sweet Lucy You Can Love Dad's Weird Dream
FALLEN (Invisible Hands Music>2007)
Fallen
See Me In My Dreams
Immediate
LINKS
Invisible Hands Music>www.invisiblehands.co.uk
FURTHER LISTENING
Cheap Trick>Live At Budokan (1979>Epic)
Kiss>Destroyer (1976>Casablanca)
Ash>1977 (1996>Infectious)
Review date: April 2007 |
