This London quartet are fronted by the bespectacled James Broad, a man whose perverse lyrics are surrounded by sugar-coated melodies drenched in a heavy buzzsaw guitar attack and heavenly harmonies. The rest of the line up is Richard Buckton (bass / vocals), Paul Smith (guitar) and Richard Sayce (drums / vocals). Falling somewhere between the Buzzcocks and Cheap Trick, Silver Sun have gained a large pop fanbase (especially in Japan) and have even received coverage in Keraang! magazine, best known for their coverage of everything 'heavy metal'.

Their first release (under the name Sun) was a four track EP on Polydor in 1996. The EPs Last Day and Lava followed soon after. In Japan, all ten tracks from these EPs were compiled on one disc, entitled You Are Here. After one more EP, Golden Skin, their self-titled debut album was released in 1997. Packing a major wallop, this debut was one of the most exciting releases of the year. Two more singles were lifted from their debut: Julia and a re-release of Lava. At the end of 1997, Japan released yet another Silver Sun album (their third in that country) called ‘B’ Is For Silver Sun, a compilation of 11 b-sides released since You Are Here. In mid-1998, Silver Sun released Too Much Too Little Too Late, an EP of cover versions (including songs by Rush, My Bloody Valentine, the Muffs and Denise Williams). Neo Wave, their second proper studio album was released in October 1998.

After a six year silence, Silver Sun are back with their phenomenal new single Immediate. This will be their first release since their UK Top 30 hit I'll See You Around. It is also the first release since the Lava single to feature the sci-fi artwork of Jeff Cummins who worked with the band throughout the campaign for their first album and associated singles. Immediate is just some of the juice from the fruit of 5 years worth of songwriting (208 songs) from frontman James Broad. "This is the greatest album we have released, it's been a labour of love and has almost lost me my figure, my relationship, my virginity and my bank account. But it has been worth it," he says.

This song and the rest of new album Disappear Here was recorded in the Silver Sun’s Godd Complexx studio in Walthamstow, East London, and was written, produced and played by James Broad, who has rarely left the mixing board since the band’s self-imposed hibernation began in the year 2000.

The foursome are currently rehearsing for upcoming dates which threaten to be the highlight of your live year. The band still hold the honours of being the only band louder than Faith No More to play Newcastle Riverside. No one has ever lost a limb at a Silver Sun gig but it surely only a matter of time.

There has, thank god, been a recent move towards real rock n roll, which Silver Sun purveyed so loftily above the waning fag-ends of Britpop and it is only a matter of moments before they reclaim their rightful place as the masters of melody and the harvesters of rockjoy. You won't realise it yet maybe, but you have missed them. Oh yes, you have missed them.