Silas Short - ROOMS (Single)

Silas Short’ creative output is the product of his life and upbringing: his mum, who passed away when he was just six, held a deep love for '90’s R&B, while his dad is an abstract painter who plays blues guitar. Silas, who grew up between the inner city and suburbs of Milwaukee — one of America’s most segregated cities — found his mixed racial identity under near-constant assault. But no matter how teachers and students picked on him at school, he always had art and music to fall back on.

During the lockdowns of 2020, Silas found his way out of a creative block by putting down his guitar and picking up his pen to draw. He also taught himself how to play drums. These different creative outlets find full expression in his Drawing EP and “ROOMS” video, which presents drawing and music together as one. In the video, between sketching and playing double instruments, Silas sings about trying to find serenity when faced with life’s challenges.

On “ROOMS” and Drawing, Silas blends influences from both soulful R&B and alternative rock bands. With this honest and vulnerable yet uplifting record, he hopes to honour his biracial heritage and create a safe space for “black people into alternative music,” like him.