Silverada releases ‘Highway Man,’ adds keyboardist Parker Twomey, and announces new album ‘Living Proof’ out August 7
Silverada is calling it a new era, and they mean it. The Austin, Texas band fronted by singer-songwriter Mike Harmeier has released “Highway Man,” their first new song since steel guitarist Zachary Moulton’s departure in March 2025, and announced their upcoming album Living Proof, due August 7th. The single arrives alongside the news that keyboardist Parker Twomey has officially joined as a permanent member, marking his first studio appearance with the band.
“Highway Man” is a road song in the truest sense. Reflective and unhurried, it pulls from the texture of long hauls and lonely stretches, written for the truckers, the dreamers, the musicians, and the people back home wishing they were on one. The steel guitar that defined so much of the band’s sound under both names is absent here. What fills that space is Twomey’s keyboards, a warmer, more rock-leaning palette that calls to mind Tom Petty more than Ernest Tubb. The country heart is still there. The twang, a little less so.
A New Lineup, A Familiar Instinct
Twomey is not an unknown quantity in this world. He has logged time with Paul Cauthen and as a solo artist, and his arrival in Silverada actually restores a tradition the band knows well. Keys player John Carbone held a permanent chair in the lineup from 2011 to 2020 when the band still operated as Mike and the Moonpies, and longtime fans will hear echoes of that era in what Twomey brings to the table.
“These boys are the salt of the earth and I’m grateful to be a part of this brotherhood,” Twomey said in a statement. “Feels like we were each individually placed here for a reason and that we’re exactly where we’re supposed to be. Somewhere between the long drives, late nights, and all the miles between, it’s become something that feels like home.”
Silverada previewed Living Proof in a significant way on March 14th at SXSW, where they packed out the East End Ballroom in Austin and played most of the new album in its entirety, including at least one or two tracks getting their live debut. The album was not tracked at Yellow Dog Studios, the familiar home of their recent output. Instead, the band headed to Sonic Ranch in West Texas for five days. It is the same studio that Cody Jinks and others have used to capture a sound and a mood that cannot be replicated in a city room.
Living Proof and the Road Ahead
Harmeier has been candid about the band’s appetite for evolution. He has described the Silverada era as a chance to “set a tone again,” telling American Songwriter that the name change gave the band an invigorating new energy. Living Proof appears to push that momentum further still. Another live highlight lately is a song with the chorus “You Ain’t Doing Jack,” which gives a sense of the album’s range beyond the road-weary introspection of “Highway Man.”
No official track listing has been released, but Living Proof is already available for pre-order in multiple physical formats, including CD, cassette, standard yellow vinyl, a limited-edition fireworks vinyl pressing, and various merchandise bundles. For a band that has built its reputation on relentless touring and genuine connection with its audience, the decision to go physical first says something about who they are still playing for.
The new era has an August 7th date on the calendar. The road continues.
