SILENT MEOW
“Silent Meow”
(Trash 2001 Records, www. trash2001. de)
June 2008

Wow what an amazing debut album from this band out of California! Santa Barbara seems to be a really great place for outstanding punk rock, that's what I have to assume after listening to the songs on the CD. Boy oh boy....17 songs are hammered through the speakers in 29 minutes which makes sure that everything is put to a point musically. The songs have great melodies as well as fast guitars underlining them. Songs like "Superfox", "Angel Whore", "Catfight", "Born To Fuck You Up", "Let Me Out", "Barbie Army" or "Get Out Of My Dreams" are just genius punk rock songs. I have seldom listened to a band that has such big hit potential. Maybe some of you might already know Silent Meow from the Trash 2001 release "Our Small Tribute To Blondie", but the songs on this record are definitly a big step above in comparison to the songs from the compilation. I also have to mention that the singer of this band is Silvie - and maybe you older Plastic Bomb readers might remember her from back in the day. Do you remember the “Plastic Girls” section of Plastic Bomb Fanzine from the end of the last Century? Yep, Silvie was one of our Plastic Girls and helped with her humble, chaotic style to raise the good reputation of the magazine. Back then she sang in the Cockroach Candies and in the meantime she married good old Mark from the DeRita Sisters from Santa Barbara where she definitly took some steps forward musically. Man oh man...what happened to Silvie's voice???!!!????
I love it! The CD from Silent Meow is really killer!
HELGE - PLASTIC BOMB FANZINE - GERMANY

SILENT MEOW
'They Can See In The Dark'
(Kotumba Records) CDEP
October 2007
Apologies to the band for not reviewing this earlier, as it came out as a limited edition 4 track CDEP to introduce this dark pop punk outfit last Halloween 2007. Silent Meow features the delectable vocals of Silvie Pussycat, the former Cockroach Candies singer and Plastic Bomb fanzine columnist outta Dinslaken, Germany. She's since relocated from her native Eastern Europe to Southern California joined forces with ex-Derita Sisters mainman Marky in what looks set to be a productive collaboration. Silvie has a certain Debbie Harry vibe to her vocal on the highly addictive opening track 'They Can See In The Dark'. An hypnotic number which was a cult hit for Canadian Jim Gray's Darkroom back in 1982. Its a classy song that entices us into the world of Vampires, a track you could see re-denting the mainstream record charts with some clever record company push. It also swoops in with some great guitar work giving it that other world feel. Silent Meow are a band who have all the ingredients of fulfilling that pop punk dream, and more so than most of the other contenders out there today. They possess a sexy siren, some musical muscle to give it sincere grit and a good ear for production. They display a more hard hitting slant on the 3 accompanying tracks which features ex-Deritas Mark Gilman (AKA Rock Smash) on guitar, Chance Void on guitar, Pat Statutory on bass and Lurk Armstrong on drums. 'Taste Of Blood' is more tongue in cheek with some memorable guitar and backing vocals. 'Dead Boy' and its "1 2 fuck you!" intro lets slip their punkier roots and is by far the snottiest number as they sink their fangs into good looking corpses. Final track sees Silvie regain her vocal composure as she croons her way through 'Angel Whore' another catchy little number that would appeal to a wider audience. The band have gained a rather good reputation in the Santa Barbara area and beyond as a formidable live entity and already have their debut album due out now! Comes with a full colour foldout insert and postcard.

NIHILISM ON THE PROWL - PETER DON’T CARE - ENGLAND

The emotional voice of Silvie Pussycat sounds great. A German singer with her U.S. band trying to conquer the world of punk rock and the first impression shows they can do it. They play fast and fun punk and give the fans everything they wish for. Silvie has a fine voice like Silvia Superstar (KILLER BARBIES) or early Debbie Harry.

HARD HARDER HEAVY FANZINE - GERMANY

Somewhere in the middle of dark comic strips, Halloween and pop punk. Sweet melodies of the zeitgeist of the 80s.

POWER METAL FANZINE - GERMANY



“They Can See In The Dark,” a quick number that directly invades your brain.

TERROR VERLAG FANZINE - GERMANY

Punk rock - colorful energetic shows - front girl Silvie brinds a lot of commotion and grabs the hears of their viewers. Kick-ass rock, to the point. Inspired by crazy surreal comics and B-horror movies.

AUTONA MAGAZINE - GERMANY