Tendrils is an irregular collaboration between noted Australian guitarists, Joel Silbersher

Joel Silbersher

Joel Silbersher is a musician from Melbourne, Australia, who was the singer and guitar player for rock and roll band, GOD . GOD had a minor but enduring hit with "My Pal," a song written by Silbersher. Since its release in 1988, "My Pal" has been covered by bands such as Magic Dirt, Violent Soho,...

 and Charlie Owen

Charlie Owen (musician)

Charlie Owen is an Australian guitar player who lives in St Kilda Melbourne Australia. He is a member of Tex, Don and Charlie, The Beasts of Bourbon, Tex Perkins and The Dark Horses, Large Number 12s, Maurice Frawley and The Working Class Ringos, Tendrils, the Divinyls and Tex Perkins and his...

. A difficult sound to describe, Tendrils features two seemingly chaotic but strangely melodic and complementary, guitar parts and occasionally stripped back percussion.

Starting out billed simply as Joel Silbersher and Charlie Owen and the album titled Tendrils, for the release of the second album, the two took Tendrils for the band name and called the album Soaking Red. Soaking Red was nominated for an ARIA

Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

award for Best Alternative Release in 1999.