Our only previous experience with gold and silver came when we watched The Crystal Maze where, at the end of the show, the contestants had to collect as many gold tokens as possible and discard the silver ones.

Whilst we aren’t completely sure if Golden Silvers took their name from this concept from The Crystal Maze, we do know that they make indie music that isn’t self-indulgent twaddle about not being able to fit in to a size six pair of skinny jeans. We’ll even go as far as saying that they’ll break the mainstream in 2009.

Already causing a stir in the music world, the London three-piece were asked to perform at Radio 1’s One Big Pikey Weekend festival in Kent this year on the unsigned stage. Always an encouraging thing when the likes of Zane Lowe get behind you, the band’s few 7” singles have sold out already – proof that it’s not just their mates who attend their gigs.

With zillions of second-rate indie twerps appearing all the time, what makes this lot any different to Arctic Monkeys or our favourite band in the world Keane? If you happen to like good old fashioned Britpop choruses and catchy hooks, then Golden Silvers are the ones for you.

You may have heard that veteran indie pop band Blur are coming back to annoy us all with reunion gigs and probable new material next year. We simply encourage you to look forward into the future with Golden Silvers and not back to the mid-nineties. We already have Oasis to put up with, so let’s not overdo it with Blur as well. Pretty please?

If you happen to be too young to buy alcohol or smoke, then Golden Silvers will be playing at the upcoming underage gig at the Scala venue in some place called London. Apparently it’s just south of Nottingham.

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