Wunderhorse share reflective new single ‘Silver’
nme.comWunderhorse have shared their reflective new single ‘Silver’ from their forthcoming second album ‘Midas’.Opening with crisp guitar chords, ‘Silver’ sees frontman Jacob Slater sing: “Yeah I was crooked from the cradle / I’m a bastard from the start / And I kept some pretty people / In the hollow of my heart,” reflecting on himself.According to a press release, the song nearly didn’t make it onto ‘Midas’ due to it feeling out of place with the LP.
The band – comprised of Slater, guitarist Harry Fowler, drummer Jamie Staples and bassist Pete Woodin – eventually stripped back the song while working in Pachyderm Studios in Minnesota and found its final form.Speaking about ‘Silver’ in a press release, Slater said: “The song is about that ugly side of yourself that you try to keep a secret, but you know it’s there because it makes your skin crawl sometimes.
It gets you places but fucks you up in the process. Everyone has elements of their makeup that they’d rather not admit to or keep locked away and never look at.
That’s what ‘Silver’ is about. Kind of.”Directed by Polocho, the song’s accompanying music video sees Slater sitting inside a dollhouse next to a caged bird while someone peers in through the window.
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