http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/cbsi.last.us/originals/post;loc=top;geo=us;tile=1;dcopt=ist;sz=728x90;

A Silent Film play through the Sand & Snow

 
 
You need Flash player 10+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.
autoplay=true size=large]
 

The groundwork has been set, and 2012 just might be the year A Silent Film breakthrough in the U.S. with their sophomore album Sand & Snow. From Oxford, England, Rob Stevenson, Karl Bareham, Ali Hussain and Spencer Walker have made an album that goes to another level when played live. In our NYC studio recently the guys took time out to play three new songs and dipped into the debut for the song that started the story in the states.


A Silent Film – Queen Of A Sad Land

You need Flash player 10+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.

One of the last songs done for the album. Rob refused to demo it, only playing it acoustically one day before they recorded it at Sonic Ranch Studios in El Paso, TX. The music was tracked live and vocals added later in the evening.

Jul
9
 
Adado Riverfront Park, Lansing, Michigan 48933,…
6 going
 

A Silent Film – Harbour Lights

You need Flash player 10+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.

Rob started this one off as a piano demo. Eventually Karl, Rob and Spence played a “loud” version and changed the song around.

Jul
30
 
Bowery Ballroom, New York 10002, United States
3 going
 

A Silent Film – You Will Leave A Mark

You need Flash player 10+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.

From the debut album The City That Sleeps, this gave the band their first exposure on American radio. According to Karl, making this song was a painful process. There were just over a dozen versions recorded, and they were ready to give up on it. Then Rob played “that piano riff” and fifteen minutes later, a song was born. Rob plays this one solo for us in the session. It is their all-time most scrobbled track.

Aug
3
 
Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington DC 20002, United…
1 going
 

A Silent Film chat with Last.fm

You need Flash player 10+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.

 

Aug
29
 
The Rivoli, Toronto M5V 2A2, Canada
2 going
 

A Silent Film’s website

 
http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/cbsi.last.us/originals/post;loc=bot;geo=us;tile=3;sz=728x90;