The aptly-titled second album by Dublin-based art-rock quintet Silverbacks

Archive Material only cements Silverbacks' status as one of Ireland's most fascinating bands. Recorded at Dublin's Sonic Studios in November 2020, with Daniel Fox undertaking production duties once more, it finds the band leaning into their early influences, delivering idiosyncratic indie-rock packed with intricate, Tom Verlaine-esque 'guitarmony'.

Thematically, the record is every bit as rich, displaying an anthropological approach as exemplified by the album's artwork. The initial premise for 'They Were Never Our People' came from a YouTube comment, portraying the decline of a town that has lost its footfall as the result of a bypass. Meanwhile, 'Central Tones' is an empathetic character study of someone seemingly content to trade off former glories, but secretly deeply unhappy.

Keenly observed and vividly rendered, Archive Material is an eye-witness account of human resilience as much as it is a compelling indie-rock record. Future historians take note.

Track Listing

• Archive Material
• A Job Worth Something
• Wear My Medals
• They Were Never Our People
• Rolodex City
• Different Kind of Holiday
• Carshade
• Central Tones
• Recycle Culture
• Econymo
• Nothing to Write Home About
• I'm Wild

Additional Details

Label: Full Time Hobby

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 36:07 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 01/21/22

UPC: 5060626463882