“I don’t think there’s such a thing as going back to where we were.”
Silverware, the project by SF artist, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ainsley Wagoner, first popped into our radar in early 2021 with the irresistibly catchy “Important.” (And, in a beautiful new development of the Bay Area music constellation, Wagoner now contributes reviews to White Crate.) More than three years later, the artist debuts on Seattle’s Ghost Mountain Records with full-length album One True Light, featuring 10 feel-good indie pop rock jams.
The title track opens the album quietly with solo piano and voice that within seconds gives way to a thumping tight full band, Wagoner’s voice threading along softly, full and unwavering. From there the album flows through folksy moments, country rock dances, downtempo synth pop playthings, and more. With “Goodbye,” the album ends the same way it begins: Solo, lullaby-like piano-and-voice so intimate you can hear the heart pang as clearly as the plodding of the keyboard’s mechanical parts.
Celebrate the album release with Silverware, Asha Wells, and Preschool at Santo Recording Studio on Saturday, September 7.
