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SUMMARY:Silverada
DESCRIPTION:Evolution. It's what keeps the best bands afloat — song after
  song\, show after show\, record after record. Mike Harmeier was still i
 n his early 20s when he formed Mike and the Moonpies. From the start\, t
 hey were the definition of a workingman's country band\, cutting their t
 eeth with five-hour sets on Austin's dancehall circuit before spreading 
 their music to the rest of America. By the early 2020s\, they'd become g
 lobal ambassadors of homegrown Texas music\, flying their flag everywher
 e from Abbey Road Studios (where they recorded 2019's Cheap Silver & Sol
 id Country Gold with help from the London Symphony Orchestra) to the Gra
 nd Ole Opry. The growth was remarkable\, but all that momentum left Harm
 eier and his four bandmates — drummer Taylor Englert\, guitarist Catlin 
 Rutherford\, bassist Omar Oyoque\, and steel guitarist Zachary Moulton —
  looking for something new. After all\, their music had decidedly change
 d. Why shouldn't their name do the same? Silverada marks a new chapter i
 n the band's history. It's not just the title of the boldest release of 
 the group's critically-acclaimed career\; it's also the name of the rein
 vigorated band itself. "Back in the day\, all we wanted to do was play t
 he Broken Spoke\," says Harmeier\, nodding to the hometown honky-tonk in
  Austin\, TX\, where Silverada began sowing the seeds for a sound that m
 ixed timeless twang with modern-day dynamics. "We had different aspirati
 ons back then. We were still figuring out what kind of band we were gonn
 a be\, and that took a lot of time and a lot of records." A lot of recor
 ds\, indeed. Silverada marks the group's ninth release\, and it balances
  the strengths they've accumulated along the way — sharp\, detailed song
 writing that bounces between autobiographical sketches and character stu
 dies\; gorgeous swells of pedal steel that drift through the songs like 
 weather\; a rhythm section capable of country shuffles\, hard-charging r
 ock & roll tempos\, and everything in between — with a willingness to br
 eak old rules and open new doors. "Radio Wave" is a roots-rock anthem fo
 r the highway and the heartland\, peppered with Springsteen-worthy hooks
  and War On Drugs-inspired atmospherics. "Eagle Rare" launches the band 
 into outer space during its explosive middle section\, which the band im
 provised in the recording studio. "Stay By My Side" showcases Silverada'
 s road-warrior credentials — the band recorded the track live during a t
 our across the American Southeast\, capturing it in a single take at Cap
 ricorn Sound Studios in Macon\, Georgia — while "Wallflower" blends the 
 organic with the otherworldly\, finding room for harmonized guitar solos
 \, driving disco beats\, and 808 percussion. "Going into the studio\, ev
 erybody in the band felt inspired to do something bigger than what they'
 d done before\," Harmeier explains. "We all knew we were at a precipice\
 , and we wanted to jump. I brought in some songs that were metaphorical 
 and not always straightforward\, and that showed the guys that I wanted 
 to take this music somewhere new… so they threw their own rulebooks out 
 the window\, too." Harmeier wrote the bulk of Silverada in his backyard 
 studio\, surrounded by dozens of books he'd picked up at a local Goodwil
 l. "We'd been on tour for so long\, playing the same set for almost two 
 years\, and I wanted to write something that was a departure\," he remem
 bers. Jeff Tweedy's books on songwriting were a big help\, but Harmeier 
 pushed himself to get weird\, too\, finding inspiration in everything fr
 om astronomy texts to sci-fi novels. "I would read some\, work a little 
 bit\, read some more\, and work a little more\," he says of the creative
  process. "I spent a full month in that studio\, going there every night
 \, making word ladders and highlighting lines and learning to free write
 ." Recorded at Yellow Dog Studios with longtime producer/collaborator Ad
 am Odor\, Silverada propels the band forward without losing sight of the
 ir roots. "Stubborn Son" — a loving\, unsparing sketch of the family pat
 riarch who set Harmeier's creativity in motion — unfolds like a close co
 usin to Steak Night at the Prairie Rose's title track\, laced with fiddl
 e solos from longtime George Strait collaborator Gene Elders. "Doing It 
 Right" channels the same throwback\, slow-dance ambiance that informed 2
 019's "You Look Good in Neon." "Load Out\," which chronicles the grind o
 f blue-collar jobs both on and off the road\, could've found a home on 2
 021's One To Grow On. There's a smart sense of history here — a celebrat
 ion not only of where the band is headed\, where they've been\, too. Eve
 n so\, Silverada doesn't spend much time looking in the rearview mirror.
  Instead\, it keeps its gaze focused on the road ahead. This is a snapsh
 ot of a band in motion\, chasing down the next horizon\, writing the sou
 ndtrack to some new discovery. It's the sound of alchemy\, of some new m
 etal being forged. And like silver itself\, Silverada shines brightly. "
 We spent the first part of our career figuring out who we are and what w
 e're good at\," says Harmeier. "Now we want to evolve not only the sound
  of the band\, but the dynamic of the live show\, too. We're all lifers 
 here. We're in this for the long haul. Silverada is us setting the stage
  for the next leg of the journey."\n\nTickets: https://www.axs.com/event
 s/1397647/silverada-tickets\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/f127d1a
 b-074a-4309-b0d2-20177971bc2f
LOCATION:Terminal West\, Atlanta\, GA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/f127d1ab-074a-4309-b0d2-20177971bc2
 f
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