“There’s a subtle nod to compliance and people-pleasing in the verses, but the choruses are strong and defiant. I spent most of my adult life in groups I felt unknown and unwelcome in. You know it in your body, but it takes a while for your brain to catch up. ‘Pariah’ is an embracement of that feeling, but a refusal to conform. There’s a confidence in this character that gets more and more apparent as the song plays. It’s this shift from acknowledging the pain to acknowledging their desires. Like the kid who isn’t welcome at the ‘popular’ table, but then realizes the popular table actually totally sucks. And always has! A triumphant little anthem for the inner-alien.” -Caroline Glaser
“There’s a subtle nod to compliance and people-pleasing in the verses, but the choruses are strong and defiant. I spent most of my adult life in groups I felt unknown and unwelcome in. You know it in your body, but it takes a while for your brain to catch up. ‘Pariah’ is an embracement of that feeling, but a refusal to conform. There’s a confidence in this character that gets more and more apparent as the song plays. It’s this shift from acknowledging the pain to acknowledging their desires. Like the kid who isn’t welcome at the ‘popular’ table, but then realizes the popular table actually totally sucks. And always has! A triumphant little anthem for the inner-alien.” -Caroline Glaser
After the dissolution of their previous band and the disruption of the pandemic, longtime friends and collaborators Pierce Geary and Jacob Merritt have returned with The Silkies. Their debut, There You Have It, Lasting Peace, sounds like a commercial-free half hour of alternative radio: familiar, varied, and impossible to pin down.
After the dissolution of their previous band and the disruption of the pandemic, longtime friends and collaborators Pierce Geary and Jacob Merritt have returned with The Silkies. Their debut, There You Have It, Lasting Peace, sounds like a commercial-free half hour of alternative radio: familiar, varied, and impossible to pin down.
“To me, music is always about making people feel something. The fun part for me is digging within myself and finding new ways to evoke a reaction while saying something that can still move me when I am creating it.”
“To me, music is always about making people feel something. The fun part for me is digging within myself and finding new ways to evoke a reaction while saying something that can still move me when I am creating it.”
