In an interview with the TV station arte in late 2005, Keeler and Griffiths stated that Walker is in fact no longer with Archive and is working on a solo album, whereas Walker has stated that he left Archive due to personal differences with management and other band members. Another statement from Darius Keeler hinted at personal problems keeping Walker from touring. Increasing shouts of 'Where's Craig?" from bemused fans at the concerts in Poland and France finally prompted a notice on the website that Craig absence was "due to unforeseen circumstances".
The band composed also in 2003 the soundtrack to the French film Michel Vaillant.Īrchive began their Europe tour in November 2004 without Walker, and without notifying ticket holders. Two years later, "Noise" and "Unplugged" are the follow ups to "You All Look The Same To Me", and they are keeping the same musical formation as before. In 2001 they produced their third album, "You All Look The Same To Me", a more rock oriented disc than electronic or pop. After "Take My Head" the line up of the Band changed again including now singer Craig Walker (former front man for Power of Dreams). Later (1999), Darius and Danny reformed Archive along with Susanne Wooder and Matheu Martin to produce their second album "Take My Head". Due to some dispute among themselves, the band broke up in 1996.
Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths formed Archive in 1994 together with female singer Roya Arab and young rapper Rosko John.
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In the landscape of dark and dour post-punk, it’s nice to have a band stop by, roll down the windows every now and then, and let some sunshine in.Trip hop group from the UK. The punchy front half of songs often morph and settle into extended grooves. For a relatively short album, the individual songs often feel longer in the best way possible. Like “Carshade,” Hanlon on lead vocals is something the band could lean on more.Īrchive Material is a tidy 38 minute grab bag of influences that ultimately adds up to something unique. Hanlon returns on the final track, “I’m Wild,” which wouldn’t sound out of place on a Breeders record (think “Drivin’ on 9”). It’s also maybe the most political of the songs on Archive Material with seemingly obvious references to certain world leaders (“when everything is in Comic Sans/they put you on the news”) and Brexit-type policies (“that boy doesn’t have our work ethic/fuck up your life”). The standout track is “Econymo,” where the roles are reversed and Isaac Brock fronts Television. “Central Tones” adds some Pavement-esque slacker edges and “Nothing to Write Home About” bursts with Parquet Courts energy. “Different Kind of Holiday” delivers some LCD Soundsystem funk, while “Carshade” continues the experimental instrumental break heard on Fad - and something the band could explore more on future releases. The second half is where the band starts to sound more influenced by 90s indie than NYC art rock, and where Silverbacks start to expand their sound into something truly exciting. It also completes a killer three song start to the album and contains another musical reference to discerning listeners: “Hanging out on a single thread/Bronze plate and a talking head/And I'm your hero.” It’s something that helps Silverbacks stand out from the current crowd of post-punk bands dominating the news. “Wear My Medals” is the first of two songs to feature bassist Emma Hanlon on lead vocals. Follow up single “A Job Worth Doing” sounds like Tom Verlaine fronting Modest Mouse. Right out of the gate, lead track “Archive Material” drops in some French ala “Psycho Killer” over Television guitars before transitioning into a world beat more reminiscent of solo David Byrne. Two years later, the band takes a King Kong-sized leap forward on their follow-up album, Archive Material, by going further backwards in music history - adding more Television and Talking Heads vibes. Threatened to get lost in the gloomy sounds of their peers is Dublin-based Silverbacks, whose 2020 debut Fad hinted more at The Strokes than Joy Division. The current crop of post-punk leaning bands include The Murder Capitol, Gilla Band, and Fontaines D.C. By Jeremy Bennett ( the the past five years there has been a resurgence of Irish music not seen since the 1990s, when The Cranberries, The Corrs, Sinead O’ Connor, My Bloody Valentine, and U2 were gracing the covers of NME and ripping up pictures of pontiffs on TV.
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