Throughout the music of Silver Gore — the London-based duo of Ava Gore and producer Ethan P. Flynn — there is an undisputed clarity of purpose, a dazzling determination to exactly replicate the communal chaos of their creativities. The groundwork was first laid when Gore joined Flynn’s live band in 2011. He had already worked alongside artists like FKA Twigs, Nia Archives, and David Byrne but found a special commonality with Gore, and the two decided to write some songs together.
Specializing in buzzing synth pop peculiarities, the two fashioned a robust sound that allowed them to play off one another, each the driving force for the other. Their first release, the upcoming Dogs in Heaven EP, finds them plumbing these synthetic depths and calling forth an ocean of dense rhythms and quicksilver melodies. They’d previously released the brief and baroque title track, and are now sharing two new songs, “All the Good Men” and “Forever”, a duet of songs which highlight the malleability and cross-genre impulses that thread themselves through their work.
Speaking of “All the Good Men”, the band says: “It’s a feel-good pop song. It’s sassy, it’s empowering. This song is about men behaving badly and managing to keep going despite them.”
Listen to both tracks below and check out some upcoming tour dates.
Tour Dates:
Fri. Aug. 15 – Wales, UK @ Green Man Festival
Fri. Aug. 29 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Wed. Sept. 17 – Hamburg, DE @ Reeperbahn Festival
Thu. Oct. 23 – Rotterdam, NL @ Left of the Dial Festival
Sat. Nov. 8 – Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Festival
Thu. Nov. 20 – Brussels, BE @ Rotonde – Botanique ^
Fri. Nov. 21 – Cologne, DE @ 674.FM ^
Mon. Nov. 24 – Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus ^
Tue. Nov. 25 – Copenhagen, DM @ Ideal Bar (Vega) ^
Wed. Nov. 26 – Berlin, DE @ LARK ^
Fri. Nov. 28 – München, DE @ Import Export ^
Sat. Nov. 29 – Milan, IT @ Arci Bellezza ^
Sun. Nov. 30 – Düdingen, CH @ Bad Bonn Kilbi ^
Tue. Dec. 2 – Paris, FR @ La Boule Noire ^
Wed. Dec. 3 – Lyon, FR @ Le Sonic ^
^ = w/ Water From Your Eyes
Dogs in Heaven:
1. A Scar’s Length
2. Dogs in Heaven
3. All the Good Men
4. Forever
5. Celestial Intervention
6. 25 Metres
Dogs in Heaven is due out September 12 on Island Records. You can pre-order it here. Follow the band on Instagram.
