One day they were a group of kids playing benefit shows for the fun of it. Now theyve been a band for over a decade, sold more than a million records worldwide and redefined a genre for a generation. SILVERSTEIN has outmaneuvered the obstacles that destroy most bands - in-fighting, lineup changes, disconnection, inferior albums, trend chasing - and planted their flag firmly into a second chapter marked by renewal, revitalization and enthusiasm in the form of Rescue (2011) and Short Songs (2012), their latest albums.
Whats kept the Canadian post-hardcore heroes surviving and thriving as much as the strength of their songs is the stability of their relationships. The band has had only one lineup change in their eleven year career, which took place before they had even toured. Many groups in the scene with these kind of stripes have only one or two remaining original members. Each guy is different. Some are straight edge, some party. Some are really into sports, some couldnt be bothered. But theres a unity within their diversity. They have been able to meld a common vision from the spare parts of their differences, cobbling together their various points of view and specialties for the greater good.
This positive mental attitude and devotion to Silverstein has sustained them since their first self-released EP, the subsequent genre redefining albums When Broken is Easily Fixed (2003), Discovering the Waterfront (2005), Arrivals and Departures (2007) and A Shipwreck in the Sand (2009), Warped Tour, Soundwave Festival, Scream It Like You Mean It (which they headlined) and endless international tours with bands like Rise Against, A Day To Remember, August Burns Red and Hawthorne Heights. All the while the band has stayed true and pure to their roots, regularly offering up covers of songs by bands theyve loved like Lifetime, Saves The Day and NOFX.
At the end of the day, Silverstein will continue to make albums as vital, as urgent and as impressive as Rescue and Short Songs because they set out to please themselves first. This attitude translates seamlessly to the bands relentless live ethic; for which their stage performance is held to their own high collective standards.
Witness these standards in action on their upcoming tour - their first on New Zealand soil.
RW ENTERTAINMENT, COUP DE MAIN and BAR MEDUSA presents
SILVERSTEIN
MEDUSA, WELLINGTON
MONDAY JUNE 4th
with TIL DEATH DO US PARTY, SAIL AT SUNSET, OF BLACKEST OCEANS and AFTERMATH
ZEAL, AUCKLAND
TUESDAY JUNE 5th
with TIL DEATH DO US PARTY, AS COLOUR FADES and FIRE FOR GLORY
Tickets on-sale from www.undertheradar.co.nz, Real Groovy (Auckland) and Slow Boat Records (Wellington)
