SILK

About the show

Picky New Promotions are proud to present Irish shoegazers SILK at The Lab in Northampton on Thursday, June 18.

‘Auralux’ is the highly anticipated debut mini-album from Irish shoegazers Silk. Michael Smyth, songwriter/guitarist of the acclaimed but now defunct band Virgins, is the sole contributor to the project. Taking on responsibilities for all the songwriting, performance and recording, gives the project intense personal meaning for Michael. Michael says, ‘There is no beauty in perfection, it feels fake and manufactured to me. I want the record to feel real, so this is the sound of visceral self-expression.’ 2025 saw the release of three highly successful singles and Irish tours, including festival appearances at GazeFest supporting Whitelands and Sweet Sweet Noise.

Lead single of the album, ‘Clementine,’ released earlier this year, found Silk push into darker and more abrasive territory, leaning hard into texture and density. ‘Auralux’ covers a wide range of sonic territory over its 6 tracks; celestial and euphoric guitars dove tail with impossibly thick crushing fuzz, while cascading reverse reverbs melt into one another. Lyrically, the mini-album moves between themes of mortality, memory, loss, love and time. Auralux is catharsis via volume and reverb.