We are SILVERSTILES

Grand-Rapids based Silverstiles let their songs go where they want to go. Sharing a love of classic country jukebox hits like “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” guitarist John Bruni and bassist Keith Jaissle find the emotional center between Bruni’s imagistic tales about rogues and misfits—that border on absurdist humor—and Jaissle’s painterly bass lines.

The new fourth album from the country-rock band Silverstiles is about loss – and then finding what’s really important.  The cover’s image of an RV beneath the northern lights isn’t just scenery; it’s a moment that we’ve all had when we recognize that every moment of beauty will never come again.  Using a layered acoustic/electric sound with the faraway notes of pedal steel, the shimmering aurora finds expression musically throughout 4’s tracks.

From Bevel Web, Tobin Sprout (GBV)’s backing band, drummer Michael Houseman brings these songs into focus. Then some of Western Michigan’s finest musicians take it from there. “Icebergs” features Brian Oberlin on banjo, his notes evoking electric transmissions along powerlines. Also featured are Dutcher Snedeker on keys, Justin Wierenga on pedal steel, and Jeffrey Niemeier on violin. And, from Bevel Web, Tommy Schichtel recorded the album at Goon lagoon, his all analog studio.

In a time of closing venues and increasing social media overload, why wait for a new world to come into view? As the closing song, “Connections” insists, the time to build a bridge to this world is now.

"For your hefty dose of roots rock head straight to Slow To Burn and dive in. They’ve got their chops down"

- DAGGER ZINE (Denver, CO)