silver silver turn to gold
none more precious than I’m told
look you one and look you two
silver’s come to bury all of you
have you match or have you flame
alike alike we feel no pain
thought you were the chosen ones
now your plans are all undone
listen listen to the sound
all god’s children going down
have you match or have you flame
alike alike we feel no pain
wide wide ocean tide
busted banks gone and swallowed my pride
turn turn what you learned
everything you love has got to burn
silver silver turn to gold
none more precious than I’m told
look you one and look you two
silver’s come to bury all of you
have you match or have you flame
alike alike we feel no pain
silver bought and silver sold
but all it ever wished was gold
all it ever wished was gold
2012 22 Juni
Silver, Silver (by Simone White)
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Michael Engelbrecht:
White has said of the album that she wanted to focus more on the music than the words, and you can definitely hear that in Silver Silver’s impeccable dynamics and beguiling ability to use silence and space to shape the songs. The traditional folk-based songs are interspersed with textural instrumental pieces of ambient sound that offer a welcome counterpoint, allowing immersion in the sound. The supremely delicate Frogs and the lush drone of Bonnie Brae are particular standouts.
When White does sparingly focus on the words on Silver Silver, she does it with an engaging vulnerability that makes it her most personal and, in turn, affecting album. The record deals with those big, overpowering emotions of relationships, love and death. The lyrics are simple, direct, and crushingly effective. The sparse acoustic ballad Never Be That Tough sees White pleading with someone to “Don’t turn your back on love, because you can never be that tough” It is a truly lovely moment on a record that frequently hits an emotional pulse.
There are more oblique moments of invention that mark this out as White’s most interesting album sonically. What The Devil Brings is possessed with a bewitching jittery melody, and the seven-minute long title track is a shape-shifting piece of ornate folk that evolves into a frenetic jazzy crescendo.
(Martyn Young)
Silver, Silver is released by Honest Jon’s Records