Golden Silvers were an English band from

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signed to independent record label

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. The line-up consisted of

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and keyboardist Gwilym Gold, Ben Moorhouse on bass guitar, and Robden Alexis Nunez on drums.

Early stages

The band gained recognition by winning

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's prestigious New Talent competition in 2008 and subsequently performed on The Other stage that year. They played the

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in 2009.

Music

The band released its debut album ''True Romance'' on 20 April 2009. Describing the new album, ''

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s reviewer wrote "flamboyant lyrics, references to Greek myth and big, elastic bass lines dominate".

Appearances

The band performed two songs on '' Later...with Jools Holland'' during May 2009 and have supported Blur at Hyde Park, London. They played a popular set at Reading festival 2009 and gave away necklaces to the audience as thanks for coming to see them. Aside from live appearances, Golden Silvers' vocalist Gwilym Gold curates a quarterly live event night named 'Bronze Club' at East London pub 'The Macbeth'. Bronze Blog is known to showcase a wide variety of musicians and DJs including

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, Everything Everything, Othello Wolf and many more. Since its inception, Bronze Club has said to have gathered a strong following, which has led attendants to dress up in relation to the

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in Greek Mythology; gold, silver and bronze.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

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