To provide some understanding of what they’re all about, The Silver Lines ask the uninitiated to imagine wearing a scratchy, hand-knitted sweater and playing flat-out rock & roll music in a stuffy and dilapidated English country cottage. 

The Birmingham four-piece was formed by Dan and Joe Ravenscroft. Uninspired by the landscape of guitar music at the time, the brothers decided to create a sound that ‘turned them on’. 

A recent decision to shift away from being ‘just another all-white male indie group’ has seen them eschew songs about teenage love and rants containing empty pseudo prophetic quotes. Instead, they’ve chosen to tackle a range of taboo topics - from toxic masculinity and learnt behaviours from past generations, to an exploration of personal experiences which aims to connect with the listener on a much deeper level.