New York City’s CILVER is more than a rock band: In many ways, they’re the embodiment of the American Dream. For starters, the powerful musical collective showcases the brilliant synergistic possibilities that unfold when a confident, determined woman is paired on equal footing with a multifaceted male collaborator.
This type of forge-your-own-path and defy-conventional-wisdom-against-all-possible-odds mentality is what the United States is all about. Lyazidi sums it up thusly: “We come from all different parts of this world. We love this country, we work hard for it, and we write music from a lot of different angles. There’s pop, there’s metal, there’s songs about depression, the death of loved ones, about struggle.”