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Sylver Tongue is pleased to announce the release of her debut EP Something Big on Dancing Coins – the new label from a collective that includes Mute artist Al Spx of Cold Specks – on November 6th.

Sylver Tongue is the new project from Charlotte Hatherley (Ash, Bat For Lashes) – in this guise she uses battered old Juno keyboards to write the wounded pop songs that define a new chapter in her career. The name of the project is equally inspired by Phillip Pullman’s heroine Lyra Silvertongue and Japan frontman David Sylvian.

The title track from the EP is a powerful juggernaut of a single which showcases Charlotte’s compelling and melodic vocals alongside riotous percussion and robotic guitar solos.

‘Something Big’ sits nicely alongside early teaser ‘Hook You Up’ – a perfect slice of pop – which is deservedly given it’s first physical release on the EP. ‘Faraway Sun’ is another brand new track on the EP and demonstrates a darker, cinematic side to Sylver Tongue’s sound. Sedate, but no less arresting. The EP will be released digitally and on 12” vinyl and will also feature blog hyped debut single ‘Creatures’ – not previously available as physical.

See What Others Are Saying:

“Lusciously wounded vocals headline this purple-toned track, allowing it to possess a naked, sweeping force not unlike the great power ballads of decades past” RCRD LBL

“Backed by a band, offering up space-age synths and subtle glam stomps with the polish of a project far past its current infancy, Hatherley makes for a commanding lynchpin, stalking the stage with a thrillingly standoffish strut. From the meaty throb of ‘Creatures’ to the subtler, sultrier shimmers of ‘Hook You Up’ the set spills over with cold, futuristic washes of noise and stealthy fretwork.” NME

“Formerly of Ash and her own sparkling guitar-pop efforts, Hatherley picks up the synths for her new project, which is equally inspired by early new wave and sci-fi heroines. (Its name is a hybridized homage to the Philip Pullman heroine Lyra Silvertongue and Japan frontman David Sylvian.) Her whoops and hiccups on this all-momentum track reveal that her superpower might very well be her ability to mimic her instruments with her voice.” Village Voice

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