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Silverada Evolution. Its what keeps the best bands afloat song after song, show after show, record after record.Mike Harmeier was still in his early 20s when he formed Mike and the Moonpies. From the start, they were the definition of a workingmans country band, cutting their teeth with five-hour sets on Austins dancehall circuit before spreading their music to the rest of America. By the early 2020s, theyd become global ambassadors of homegrown Texas music, flying their flag everywhere from Abbey Road Studios (where they recorded 2019s Cheap Silver & Solid Country Gold with help from the London Symphony Orchestra) to the Grand Ole Opry.The growth was remarkable, but all that momentum left Harmeier 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 changed. Why shouldnt their name do the same?Silverada marks a new chapter in the bands history. Its not just the title of the boldest release of the groups critically-acclaimed career; its also the name of the reinvigorated band itself.A lot of records, indeed. Silverada marks the groups ninth release, and it balances the strengths theyve accumulated along the way sharp, detailed songwriting that bounces between autobiographical sketches and character studies; gorgeous swells of pedal steel that drift through the songs like weather; a rhythm section capable of country shuffles, hard-charging rock with a willingness to break old rules and open new doors. Radio Wave is a roots-rock anthem for 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 improvised in the recording studio. Stay By My Side showcases Silveradas road-warrior credentials the band recorded the track live during a tour across the American Southeast, capturing it in a single take at Capricorn 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.Theres a smart sense of history here a celebration not only of where the band is headed, where theyve been, too. Even so, Silverada doesnt spend much time looking in the rearview mirror. Instead, it keeps its gaze focused on the road ahead. This is a snapshot of a band in motion, chasing down the next horizon, writing the soundtrack to some new discovery. Its the sound of alchemy, of some new metal being forged. And like silver itself, Silverada shines brightly.
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