Tipped as being one of the UK’s bands to watch in 2014 by independent music and culture magazine God Is In The TV, post-punk quartet, Silver Arm, have begun their musical insurgence with their first physical release, He Of The Slow Creep, following on from their 2013 debut. Pairing with new London-based indie label, Big Tea Records, has been a welcomed partnership as the band’s sound is at home with their current punk/rock roster of artists, including Irish shoe-gazers Elastic Sleep and Seattle punk outfit Absolute Monarchs.
The four-track EP is best described by the label as being “steeped in post-punk 80s, the grunge of the early 90s, and the post-hardcore of the early millennium years” – no more introductions necessary. Produced by sought after music-maker, Rory Attwell, who is best known for his time playing as part of UK punk trio, Test Icicles, as well as producing for The Vaccines and Palma Violets, has ensured that the Silver Arm sound has been enriched with plenty of dirty notes and anarchist drums.
With comparisons to Pissed Jeans and Fugazi, thrown in with distinct influences from The 13th Floor Elevators, The Stooges, Sonic Youth and Black Flag, Silver Arm create an uprising fit for any modern day punk revival.
Silver Arm’s He Of The Slow Creep is available now through Big Tea Records digitally and on specially pressed 10” white vinyl.
