‘Black Cherry Liqueur’: Someone put Silver Gore on a movie soundtrack
There are certain songs that are made to be soundtracks. You hit play, and immediately, it’s running in your head like a movie.
The mood is palpable, capturing exactly those kinds of murky, in-between feelings that make up all the greatest wistful films. So, for music supervisors everywhere, may I present Silver Gore?
After Charli XCX’s glitchy club tune takeover of Wuthering Heights, or the glorious list of artists involved in making the soundtrack for the 2024 I Saw The TV Glow, it’s clear that while movies might have traditionally been the realm of classical scores and Hans Zimmer types, that’s not actually the truest sound of emotion.
Obviously, Silver Gore’s new track ‘Black Cherry Liqueur’ isn’t in a soundtrack yet, but the band’s ability to create a whole immersive experience for the imagination speaks to greatness. Their 2025 EP Dogs In Heaven felt just the same as a tune like ‘All Good Men’ could soundtrack another movie, but more of a 2010s twee indie one, like a 500 Days Of Summer Type that you would’ve plastered all over your Tumblr.
But in the simple refrain of “what’s it all been for?” there’s something deeper in this one. It’s proof that a song doesn’t need to be slow or obviously sad to still host big time introspection.
Reminiscent of a song like LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Someone Great’, it’s another reminder of the emotional power indie-electro can hold, while doubters might still try to claim that a technology-heavy tune can’t hold the same raw feeling.
Silver Gore nailed that recipe, though. So much of it lies in Ava Gore’s sweet vocals, sounding so angelic even as the instrumental builds and builds to this all-encompassing shroud around her, as if she’s getting pulled further and further into thought and memory.
“It’s about being drunk on the absurdity and unexpectedness of life, but accidentally poisoning aspects of your life in doing this.” Gore said of the song, adding, “Always welcoming surprise and the joy of the unexpected. Being destructive and building in the ashes.”
Capturing the push and pull of that between the sonics and lyrics, the band know how to nail the bringing together of contrasting thoughts and parts to make something great.
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