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Silverada
The Castle Theatre Welcomes

Silverada

The Castle Theatre
July 29, 2025
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7:30 pm
Jul 29
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Jul 29
Silverada

Silverada

The Castle Theatre Welcomes

SILVERADA


πŸ—“ Tuesday, July 29th

⏰ Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm

➑️ 18+. Minors Welcome with parent or guardian


  • Unless otherwise noted, ALL patrons must be 18 years of age or older with valid ID to attend. Patrons under the age of 18 may attend with a parent or legal guardian.
  • Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is canceled. Tickets cannot be replaced if lost, stolen, or destroyed. No refunds or exchanges. Event, Artists, Date & Time subject to change. No outside food, beverage, or oversized bags are permitted inside the venue. All persons and their belongings are subject to search upon entry. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks in attending the event, whether occurring before, during, or after the event and releases the venue and its agents from all related claims.
  • The Castle Theatre is a mostly standing-room venue. Unless tickets specifically state they are "SEATED", you are purchasing a standing room only ticket.
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Evolution. It's what keeps the best bands afloat β€” song after song, show after show,

record after record.


Mike Harmeier was still in his early 20s when he formed Mike and the Moonpies. From

the start, they were the definition of a workingman's country band, cutting their teeth

with five-hour sets on Austin's dancehall circuit before spreading their music to the rest

of America. By the early 2020s, they'd become global ambassadors of homegrown

Texas music, flying their flag everywhere from Abbey Road Studios (where they

recorded 2019's Cheap Silver & Solid Country Gold with help from the London

Symphony Orchestra) to the Grand Ole Opry.


The growth was remarkable, but all that momentum left Harmeier and his four

bandmates β€” drummer Taylor Englert, guitarist Catlin Rutherford, bassist Omar

Oyoque, and steel guitarist Zachary Moulton β€” looking for something new. After all,

their music had decidedly changed. Why shouldn't their name do the same?

Silverada marks a new chapter in the band's history. It's not just the title of the boldest

release of the group's critically-acclaimed career; it's also the name of the reinvigorated

band itself.


"Back in the day, all we wanted to do was play the Broken Spoke," says Harmeier,

nodding to the hometown honky-tonk in Austin, TX, where Silverada began sowing the

seeds for a sound that mixed timeless twang with modern-day dynamics. "We had

different aspirations back then. We were still figuring out what kind of band we were

gonna be, and that took a lot of time and a lot of records."


A lot of records, indeed. Silverada marks the group's ninth release, and it balances the

strengths they've accumulated along the way β€” sharp, detailed songwriting that

bounces between autobiographical sketches and character studies; gorgeous swells of

pedal steel that drift through the songs like weather; a rhythm section capable of country

shuffles, hard-charging rock & roll tempos, and everything in between β€” with a

willingness to break old rules and open new doors. "Radio Wave" is a roots-rock anthem

for the highway and the heartland, peppered with Springsteen-worthy hooks and War

On Drugs-inspired atmospherics. "Eagle Rare" launches the band into outer space

during its explosive middle section, which the band improvised in the recording studio.

"Stay By My Side" showcases Silverada's road-warrior credentials β€” the band recorded

the track live during a tour across the American Southeast, capturing it in a single take

at Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, Georgia β€” while "Wallflower" blends the organic

with the otherworldly, finding room for harmonized guitar solos, driving disco beats, and

808 percussion.


"Going into the studio, everybody in the band felt inspired to do something bigger than

what they'd done before," Harmeier explains. "We all knew we were at a precipice, and

we wanted to jump. I brought in some songs that were metaphorical and not always

straightforward, and that showed the guys that I wanted to take this music somewhere

new… so they threw their own rulebooks out the window, too."


Harmeier wrote the bulk of Silverada in his backyard studio, surrounded by dozens of

books he'd picked up at a local Goodwill. "We'd been on tour for so long, playing the

same set for almost two years, and I wanted to write something that was a departure,"

he remembers. Jeff Tweedy's books on songwriting were a big help, but Harmeier

pushed himself to get weird, too, finding inspiration in everything from astronomy texts

to sci-fi novels. "I would read some, work a little bit, read some more, and work a little

more," he says of the creative process. "I spent a full month in that studio, going there

every night, making word ladders and highlighting lines and learning to free write."

Recorded at Yellow Dog Studios with longtime producer/collaborator Adam Odor,

Silverada propels the band forward without losing sight of their roots. "Stubborn Son" β€”

a loving, unsparing sketch of the family patriarch who set Harmeier's creativity in motion

β€” unfolds like a close cousin to Steak Night at the Prairie Rose's title track, laced with

fiddle solos from longtime George Strait collaborator Gene Elders. "Doing It Right"

channels the same throwback, slow-dance ambiance that informed 2019's "You Look

Good in Neon." "Load Out," which chronicles the grind of blue-collar jobs both on and

off the road, could've found a home on 2021's One To Grow On.


There's a smart sense of history here β€” a celebration not only of where the band is

headed, where they've been, too. Even so, Silverada doesn't spend much time looking

in the rearview mirror. Instead, it keeps its gaze focused on the road ahead. This is a

snapshot of a band in motion, chasing down the next horizon, writing the soundtrack to

some new discovery. It's the sound of alchemy, of some new metal being forged. And

like silver itself, Silverada shines brightly.


"We spent the first part of our career figuring out who we are and what we're good at,"

says Harmeier. "Now we want to evolve not only the sound of the band, but the dynamic

of the live show, too. We're all lifers here. We're in this for the long haul. Silverada is us

setting the stage for the next leg of the journey."