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Indie, experimental, fuzz, garage influenced electronic duo Silverghost is emerging as one of the local bands to watch out for. Their form of lo-fi electronica consisting only of keyboards and guitar offers listeners innovative, textured tracks straying far away from the beaten path. Made up of keyboardist Deleano Acevedo and former Von Bondies guitarist Marcie Bolen, the Detroit band has been featured in Spin and is currently balls deep in a myriad of future releases. Possessing vast music talent, experience, and creativity, Silverghost will soon be re-releasing some of their EPs and will begin recording their first full length album. Check out our interview with the up and coming band and don’t even think about missing their upcoming shows at the Magic Stick and the Elbow Room on December 31 and January 1 respectively.
Detroit Underground: It seems as though there is a much larger pop/experimental movement within Detroit underground music. What do you think sparked its popularity?
Deleano: I’m not really sure, there is every type of genre in Detroit right now. Maybe people are trying to be different from each other now, unlike 5 years ago when so many bands sounded the same.
DU: Do you find it difficult to produce the different layers of your music using only guitar and keyboard?
Marcie: We write our music with just a keyboard and guitar so that’s the only way we know how.
Deleano: It adds to our simplicity.
DU: What project are you currently working on and when do you plan on releasing it?
Deleano: We are finishing writing our first full length which we’ll start recording in January. Also were re-releasing our 2 EP’s on 1 disc with a few bonus tracks on the Few Records from Detroit. We also have a cool interactive-video-projection project that we are starting to work on in January that will accompany our live show.
DU: What is your overall opinion of the Detroit local music scene? Do you think that the good bands get enough exposure? What would you suggest to publications like this one to better inform people?
Marcie: I think there has always been really good bands in Detroit. Yes I do think some of the really good ones have been looked over throughout the last decade.
DU: I really don’t want to ask too much about the Von Bondies, but how does your experience with them fit into your music or your experience as a musician?
Marcie: I played with the Von Bondies for 7 years. I did learn a lot about working with people in a band and being constantly on tour. I feel that now that I have my own project I’ve really honed in on my own style of guitar playing and song writing.
DU: Equine Lips EP and the 7” self titled were both given good reviews by independent critics, do you see your future releases being similar to those, or will the music be more divergent
Deleano: The production will probably be different than those tracks previous released based on who we record with. Every song will have fuzz guitar, synths, drum machine and male/female vocals. We are very excited about finishing the first LP.
DU: I saw you were recently (ish) featured in Spin. Has that done anything for your popularity or was it just nice to know someone was thinking about ya?
Deleano: I think every little bit helps for sure. We have a wide base of fans now because we can play punk shows, headline Cityfest or play an after party at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. We’ve got some good press in the past and hopefully will get more in the future.
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