Silver Firs

Band from Bern, Switzerland. While Silver Firs perform as a seven-piece group, the writing and production of new music has largely been in the hands of songwriter Raphael Elmiger. Working closely with vocalist Belia Winnewisser, Elmiger recorded instrumentals mostly on his own in his studio in Bern – a way of working that suits our socially-distant reality. The two have created a loving mosaic of genres and idiosyncrasies. The band's earlier sound still shines through with notes of psychedelia and dreampop and a preference for exuberant percussion. The new songs, however, are more direct; repetitive beats, lush saxophone parts and percussion are seamlessly integrated, with a nod to krautrock and no wave.