Silvertwin have released their first new music 2021, with the single “Ploy.” The track was written by the band’s Isaac Shalam at his childhood home but in a world of his own. Looking for a way to express the feelings that wracked him, Shalam turned to the piano to try and channel the swelling emotions captured by Brian Wilson’s surf-pop majesties; before arriving instead at something soft and simmering of his own soulful touch.

““Ploy” is kind of about the insecurity or paranoia that comes with a blooming relationship” says Shalam. “I suppose initially I thought of the riff as my attempt at trying to write something Beach Boys-esque by having simple chords but a bass line that moved back and forth. It was a new style of song-writing for me as up until then I’d mostly used guitar, but I wanted to begin using piano as the anchor for the songs I was working on at the time.”

Recorded at Electro-vox Studios in West Hollywood in LA, “Ploy” was produced by Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado (The Flaming Lips / The Killers / Father John Misty). “Ploy” was mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios and mixed by Cenzo Townshend.

Shalam formed Silvertwin while at college in London; a quintet of like-minded souls including Alicia Barisani, Dan Edery, Lauric Mackintosh and Antonio Naccache. 
 Playing their first official shows in 2020, the band drew a sold-out capacity crowd to a two night residency at London’s Pin-Ups venue by word-of-mouth sensation. With new dates and a debut album being planned for later this year, stay-tuned for more news and releases from Silvertwin in the coming months…

Silvertwin are pleased to confirm 4x socially distanced shows over two nights at Paper Dress Vintage in Hackney on 19th May and 16th June respectively.

Silvertwin
Live Dates

Wed 19 May – Early Show 8pm – Tickets
Wed 19 May – Late Show 9:30pm – Tickets

Wed 16 June – Early Show 8pm – Tickets
Wed 16 June – Late Show 9:30pm – Tickets