WIDESCREEN MELODY, BRUTALISM WITH A BEAT 

Silent Star are a coldwave/synthpop duo from London whose “sparkling, soaring synth waves” embody “the rhythm of concrete walls”.  They amassed close to 200,000 plays on YouTube after being picked up by Young & Cold Records, who took the band under their wing on the back of the success of their self-released debut single Star Of The Sea. The label released Silent Star's first 12" EP, The Cross Of Stamford Hill, which was followed by another single, The Estuary Shore — the first fruit of their work with Y&C producer Daniel Hallhuber. This spring they released another, The Cold Now, a duet with the Terror Bird singer and Sally Dige collaborator Nikki Nevver, featuring mixes by Hallhuber and the Antipole associate Paris Alexander.

The band have toured Europe twice, most recently with labelmates Videotraum and Terror Bird, and in London have headlined the legendary goth night Slimelight and have supported Xeno & Oaklander, the KVB and M!R!M.

REVIEWS

"Silent Star make easy sonic comparisons to Clan of Xymox, Joy Division, Marc Almond and Psyche, but the lyrical subject material has equally introspective bedfellows with fellow poet historians The Divine Comedy and Frank Tovey. The stark sound of Silent Star is emotive of the monolithic Brutalist style – underestimated and overpowering" - post-punk.com

"A perfect combination of bass guitar, drums and synthesisers, and a perfect male vocal . . The duo transpose the properties of modernist architecture into music. Its basis is a strong rhythm, a modernist derivative of symmetry" - Wave Press

"Maybe most impressively, for a genre which often rests on a certain disaffection, there’s an arch sense of play and real personality here" - idieyoudie.com

"Soothing, soaring synth swathes glow and expand into airy depth defying textures cut in rambunctious rolls and steady dance beats marching hypnotically through sparkling electronic swirls" - whitelight-whiteheat.com

INTERVIEWS

JOYZINE: MY LIFE IN 10 SONGS
"Electroclash was the pinnacle of music. The greatest marriage of dance and melody"

ABSOLUTION: DJ LADY DAVINA SPEAKS TO SILENT STAR
"Spend your later teenage years driving endlessly and aimlessly around Thamesmead at night, you probably won’t write too many party singalongs after that"

REVIEWS 
THE COLD NOW
WHITE HEAT // WHITE LIGHT: VIDEO OF THE DAY
“Dramatic, vibrant, and painfully emotional, The Cold Now blends distressed longing with melancholic angst and ominous baritone echoes”

THE ESTUARY SHORE
POST-PUNK.COM:  A SUBTERANEAN LOVESONG
"The video for The Estuary Shore brings to mind the work of Anton Corbijn with its stark contrast and sweeping landscapes"

SANCTUARY.CZ: A LOVE SONG TO THE LONDON UNDERGROUND
“The rivers that still flow under the city ... their existence can be traced through the footprints they left in the landscape”

STAR OF THE SEA
WHITE HEAT // WHITE LIGHT: VIDEO OF THE DAY
"Soothing, soaring synth swathes glow and expand into airy depth-defying textures, cut in rambunctious rolls and steady dance beats"

WAVE PRESS: THE RHYTHM OF CONCRETE WALLS
"A perfect combination of bass guitar, drums and synthesisers, and a perfect male vocal"

THE CROSS OF STAMFORD HILL EP
I DIE - YOU DIE: TRACKS OF THE MONTH
"Maybe most impressively, for a genre which often rests on a certain disaffection, there’s an arch sense of play and real personality here"

TO HELL OR TO HACKNEY
WHITE HEAT // WHITE LIGHT: MODERN DYSTOPIC COMFORT
"Anguished and exhausted heartfelt vocals, shouting to be heard, through an overwhelming, intoxication of violent city vibes"