Members of R.E.M., Black Crowes, and Screaming Trees Form Supergroup Silverlites, Unveil Debut Single
The group features R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson, Screaming Trees’ Barrett Martin, and singer Joseph Arthur.
The band’s first single “Don’t Go, Don’t Stay” is out now ahead of the November 15th release of its self-titled debut album.
The project features Arthur on lead vocals alongside R.E.M.’s Peter Buck on acoustic guitars, The Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson on acoustic and electric guitars, and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season) on drums, upright bass, vibraphone, and backing vocals.
“Don’t Go, Don’t Stay” introduces the Silverlites’ roots-rock sound, as Arthur sings over organic instrumentation from Buck, Robinson, and Martin — the latter of whom recorded the initial acoustic guitar tracks in a Nashville hotel room in 2019.
We hope you like the songs, as we spent the pandemic years doing various recording and mixing sessions,” wrote Martin on Instagram, “and we used a classic songwriting form, which is often forgotten in this day and age. That is, acoustic guitars (with a little electric guitar in there), with superb lead vocals, catchy backing vocals, and a soulful backbeat in the rhythm section. It’s old school songwriting, just like us.”
Check out Silverlites’ new single “Don’t Go, Don’t Stay” below:
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Catch the stream at k-zap.org, on the k-zap apps or at 93.3 FM in the metro Sacramento area.
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