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Silverada
28 concerts
Genre: Country
Tickets available locally at Smith Rock Records & Higher Elevation Smokers Gallery
Evolution. It's what keeps the best bands afloat song after song, show after show, record after record. Mike Harmeier was still in his early 20s when he formed Mike and the Moonpies. From the start, they were the definition of a workingman’s country band, cutting their teeth with five-hour sets on Austin’s dancehall circuit before spreading their music to the rest of America. By the early 2020s, they’d become global ambassadors of homegrown Texas music, flying their flag everywhere from Abbey Road Studios (where they recorded 2019’s Cheap Silver & Solid Country Gold with help from the London Symphony Orchestra) to the Grand Ole Opry.
The growth was remarkable, but all that momentum left Harmeier and his four bandmates—drummer Taylor Englert, guitarist Catlin Rutherford, bassist Omar Oyoque, and steel guitarist Zachary Moulton—looking for something new. After all, their music had decidedly changed. Why shouldn’t their name do the same?
Silverada marks a new chapter in the band’s history. It’s not just the title of the boldest release of the group’s critically acclaimed career; it’s also the name of the reinvigorated band itself.
"Back in the day, all we wanted to do was play the Broken Spoke," says Harmeier, nodding to the hometown honky-tonk in Austin, TX, where Silverada began sowing the seeds for a sound that mixed timeless twang with modern-day dynamics. "We had different aspirations back then. We were still figuring out what kind of band we were gonna be, and that took a lot of time and a lot of records."
Indeed, Silverada marks the group’s ninth release, and it balances the strengths they’ve accumulated along the way: sharp, detailed songwriting that bounces between autobiographical sketches and character studies; gorgeous swells of pedal steel that drift through the songs like weather; a rhythm section capable of country shuffles, hard-charging rock with a willingness to break old rules and open new doors.
"We spent the first part of our career figuring out who we are and what we’re good at," says Harmeier. "Now we want to evolve not only the sound of the band but the dynamic of the live show too. We’re all lifers here. We’re in this for the long haul. Silverada is us setting the stage for the next leg of the journey."
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