Silver Birch 2026

15 years later, that "lost" album - High on the Western Hill - is finally being released by Kit Records. To mark the release, a new incarnation of Silver Birch featuring Max Hallett / Betamax (The Comet Is Coming) on drums will perform the music live for the first time. The music captures the band at its most intense and exploratory: heavy grooves colliding with anthemic improvisation, mind-bending rhythmic virtuosity, extended song forms and euphoric saxophone lines.

Rooted equally in post-punk energy, experimental rock and dynamic improvisation, the album now feels startlingly contemporary - a missing link between Acoustic Ladyland and the diverse compositional approaches that would later define the work of all four musicians. -- Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival