Formed in Oxford, UK, and recently relocating to the U.S., A Silent Film’s expansive and poetic pop-rock sound has garnered comparisons to everyone from Coldplay to The Killers to U2. Sand & Snow is just a snapshot of the fevered creativity inspired by an impulsive tryst with Americana. “Jack Kerouac and Bob Dylan are massive inspirations to me. I felt like I always had a kinship with America. As soon as I could experience it, and I didn’t have to read it in a book anymore, it changed my process; I wanted to live and breathe it,” vocalist/pianist Robert Stevenson says of the creative necessity of the move.
The band self-produced Sand & Snow in their new Arizona home-rehearsal studio and latterly at Sonic Ranch studios, El Paso, TX (recently home to Animal Collective, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Beach House). Mix engineer Alan Moulder - best known for his work with The Killers, Death Cab For Cutie, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Foo Fighters - tied the album together with a mix that favors theatrical dynamics and scene-setting ambience. Collectively, they created an unyielding positivity in Sand & Snow, a spirited and romantic musicality that belies an unashamedly upbeat pop attitude.
To hear A Silent Film check out the video for the inspirational epic Danny, Dakota & the Wishing Well and listen to their euphoric, soaring new single"Harbour Lights,”which Robert describes as capturing the liberation of a breakup. “You know that feeling when someone leaves you in a relationship, they have moved on and you’re left behind?” he says of the track documenting the wisdom gleaned from self-discovery. “It’s the peace you make after the mourning.”
A SILENT FILM UPCOMING SHOWS:
DATE CITY/STATE VENUE
10/31/12 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot w/ Blue October
11/01/12 Boise, ID Knitting Factory w/ Blue October
11/02/12 Seattle, WA Showbox Theater w/ Blue October
11/03/12 Portland, OR Roseland Theater w/ Blue October
11/04/12 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory w/ Blue October
11/05/12 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom w/ Blue October
11/08/12 Reno, NV Knitting Factory w/ Blue October
11/09/12 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades w/ Blue October
11/10/12 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom w/ Blue October
11/11/12 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern w/ Blue October
11/13/12 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Hotel-Vinyl w/ Blue October
11/14/12 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Hotel-Vinyl w/ Blue October
11/15/12 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues w/ Blue October
11/16/12 Anaheim, CA House of Blues w/ Blue October
11/17/12 Scottsdale, AZ Pub Rock (formerly Chasers) *KUKQ Evening
11/18/12 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater w/ Blue October
11/20/12 Lubbock, TX Wild West w/ Blue October
11/21/12 Houston, TX House of Blues w/ Blue October
11/23/12 Dallas, TX House of Blues w/ Blue October
11/24/12 Dallas, TX House of Blues w/ Blue October
* additional dates TBA