Review: Emerging Indie Bands – The Silverbeets
The Silverbeets is the alt-rock the quartet of Farnz Cordeaux (Guitar / Vocals), Jamie Scott (Guitar / Vocals), Jeff Reeve (Bass) and Billy O’Brien (Drums / Guitar) from Lutana in Tasmania.
A mixture of influences are stirred into the melting pot that is The Silverbeets and what emerges are carefully crafted melodic tracks that have a vaguely psychedelic feel. More akin to the feeling of having walked into a marijuana smoke filled room than tripping out on psychotropics and the light headed feeling allows the audience to enjoy the mellowness of the quartet.
A plethora of guitars are deployed on recording, I notice both a guest guitarist and even the drummer getting involved with the six stringer on their début LP – Purple Stems (which is available on bandcamp), slimming back to two in live performance. The guitars are not used to create volume rather the intoxicating melodies which The Silverbeets deliver unhurriedly. An active percussion gives the compositions a solidity, whilst the jabbing bass provides the depth as the mixture of voices subtly swipe at social mores as they swirl around the ears.
Everything about The Silverbeets is understated, which gives the material its space in the crowd and the ability of the players to forge from this tracks that capture full attention, marks them out as a band to add to the ‘music for moments of contemplation’ playlist and I wish them every success in the world of music.
Help Us Launch Our New EP Purple Stems
We will be launching our first EP Purple Stems on Sunday 21st February at the Republic Bar & Cafe (299 Elizabeth St, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) between 3-5pm.
Entry is FREE.
We hope to see you there!
-The Silverbeets
We are proud to present our first EP Purple Stems.
We are proud to present our first EP Purple Stems.
The Silverbeets’s first EP Purple Stems Released 28th January!!!
Come and help us to launch our new EP.
We will be performing at the Republic Bar and Cafe in North Hobart.
More details soon.
