In 1987, Rolling Stone declared The Silos America’s Best New Band. A quarter of a century on the wider world remains unconvinced, the group carry the ‘Big In Germany’ curse, and Florizona’s sleeve depicts the American Dream as an airbrushed fantasy. Walter Salas-Humara’s romantically wrecked voice growls lyrics indulging the usual Alt Country ennoblement of blue collar booze-hounds, but The Silos’ streamlined punk bar band sound drives the sentiments home. Drive-by Truckers mine this same seam with a more palatable dispassion, but the small town dope dealer’s delusional interior monologue, the optimistically upbeat Teenage Prayer, strikes a universal truth.
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Brighton Argus
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Bosco239, youtube
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.