Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
A dominating spectrum of colour, one that could be seen as a response to the times we find ourselves in, an overwhelming sense of formality and richness to which people wish to portray in certain settings, or even the reminder of the heavenly body, our closest neighbour in the sky is bathed in the dark blackness of the solar system permanently on one side; whatever Silver & Black means to a person, it must be appreciated as being influential, it must be acknowledged that is stands out, an impact of force that acts as a counter to the blinding light of false security.
There is comfort of being surrounded by the brightness of silver whilst recognising the black, it is the mood bordered by the glint of the lining in which we seek hope, in which we practise expression whilst admitting that often the representation of the two colours is perhaps the closest combination that we have too describing the human condition.
It is a condition captured with finesse and imagination by one of Australia’s most encouraging artists of the last decade, and as Leadfinger take hold of the colour spectrum for their own impressive ends, tracks such as Dodged A Bullet, Sleeping Dogs, Find The Words, The Fall Of Rome, Nobody Knows, and Stop Running Away, frame the subplot narrative that weaves its way in the background of the vibrant and pulsing rock, that acts as a steadfast monument to high energy, that is the resounding groove of seeing colour as more than just a way of life, that even in music, colour is a vision to be glorified, it is a agent of truth against the lies of the beige and the obscure.
An album that refuses to be murky, that whilst it acknowledges the presence of the dark as a force and as an entity, it is to the lining that is in reach where they grasp for. Silver & Black is a full-scale effect of drama and cool, and one that surely insists to see Leadfinger to be recognised and appreciated in a way they deserve.
Leadfinger’s Silver & Black is out now and available from Golden Robot Records.
Ian D. Hall