Golden Silvers

Golden Silvers
Golden Silvers
Origin	London, England
Genres	Art rock, Pop, Doo-wop
Years active	2008 - 2010
Labels	XL Recordings; Bronze Records
Members	Gwilym Gold ; Ben Moorhouse; Robden Alexis Nunez

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]

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

Year	Album details	Peak positions
Year	Album details	UK
2009	True Romance Release date: 20 April 2009 Label: XL Recordings	96

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	UK	Album
2009	"True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)"	142	True Romance
	"Arrows of Eros"	—
	"Please Venus"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

^ Clash Music (19 July 2011). Ones To Watch - Gwilym Gold | Clash Music Exclusive Ones To Watch. Retrieved on 2011-12-10.
^ ^a ^b "A fairy-tale beginning for Golden Silvers - Features, Music - The Independent". London: www.independent.co.uk. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
^ "Glastonbury 2008 - Golden Silvers". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
^ "Line-Up". Glastonbury Festivals. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
^ "Music - Review of Golden Silvers - True Romance". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
^ Fox, Killian (26 March 2009). "Rock review: Golden Silvers: True Romance". The Observer. London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
^ "BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Later Live... with Jools Holland, Series 34, Episode 7". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
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^ "Golden Silvers – Interview". Thisisfakediy.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2009.

[clashmusic-1] Clash Music (19 July 2011). Ones To Watch - Gwilym Gold | Clash Music Exclusive Ones To Watch. Retrieved on 2011-12-10.

[www.independent.co.uk-2] "A fairy-tale beginning for Golden Silvers - Features, Music - The Independent". London: www.independent.co.uk. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2009.

[3] "Glastonbury 2008 - Golden Silvers". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2009.

[4] "Line-Up". Glastonbury Festivals. Retrieved 7 June 2009.

[5] "Music - Review of Golden Silvers - True Romance". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2009.

[6] Fox, Killian (26 March 2009). "Rock review: Golden Silvers: True Romance". The Observer. London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2009.

[7] "BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Later Live... with Jools Holland, Series 34, Episode 7". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2009.

[8] [1] ^{[dead link‍]}

[9] "Golden Silvers – Interview". Thisisfakediy.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2009.

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