well if you can trump it with something. because i'm listening to it now...and it's guilty but I like it. I just want a sharper beat underneath. because it comes in not so exciting but I let the rest of it find me anyway.
― mox twelve, Thursday, 14 June 2007 00:28 (seventeen years ago) link
"Lazy Eye" is a good song
― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 24 June 2007 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I totally get why they are compared to early Pumpkins but at the same time I don't, they capture the mood but the sound is v. different
― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 24 June 2007 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I hope for this band's sake that roger mexico is the only person that casually refers to them as "spups"
― Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, 24 June 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I totally get why they are compared to early Pumpkins
SP came on the radio this morning and thought was "Man these guys are gonna be the Interpol/Rapture of the soon-come early 90s revival."
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 16 July 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
This band is OK on the shoegazey songs where just the girl sings, but the dude has an awful nu-emo shouty voice that just doesn't fit with the music.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate this band because they make downloading songs by late '90s britpop legends Silver Sun difficult.
― acrobat, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 10:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Saw them play last night. Good show - I'm cool with the whole Pumpkins/Breeders comparisons though. There's many, many worse bands to be compared with. Whiny emo singer guy should probably give the audience interaction thing a miss though.
― SeekAltRoute, Sunday, 16 September 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"lazy eye" reminds me less of smashing pumpkins and more of the dambuilders, sunny day real estate, spent, and maybe swervedriver, the stuff that perhaps mid-era smashing pumpkins were also being influenced by.
it's an interesting song, it's as if the last 15 years never happened. I give it an A-.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 06:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i know i'm always so late on the great pop songs!!! i can't help it.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 06:45 (sixteen years ago) link
the faster version they played on letterman is better.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 20 November 2007 06:47 (sixteen years ago) link
'future foe scenarios' is the only track by them that's made its way into my head
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 08:03 (sixteen years ago) link
hey "Lazy Eye" is good
― milo z, Sunday, 13 January 2008 06:49 (sixteen years ago) link
don't really get the Pumpkins comparisons, not heavy or dreamy enough
"Kissing Families" sounds a lot like The Get Up Kids or pre-Middle Jimmy Eat World, though
― milo z, Sunday, 13 January 2008 06:53 (sixteen years ago) link
which songs have the lady bass player singing?
― milo z, Sunday, 13 January 2008 06:55 (sixteen years ago) link
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, July 16, 2007 2:13 PM
I'm not sure if I stand by this comment or not.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 13 January 2008 07:09 (sixteen years ago) link
you're wrong on that. silversun pickups are not gonna be new/fresh enough when the 90s revival hits. they'll find some new band still playing their first dozen live shows to hype instead.
― stephen, Sunday, 13 January 2008 07:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Prob right
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 13 January 2008 08:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Swoon avail for preorder on Amazon, release sked Apr 14
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oUXK3LBnL._SL500_AA240_.jpg
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Monday, 23 February 2009 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm liking this new album. Unexpectedly.
― Mordy, Saturday, 28 March 2009 23:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i like this. i am as baffled as you are.
― 7th joker card is rhe crul ringmaster (jjjusten), Tuesday, 4 August 2009 07:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I need to listen! I love "Panic Switch."
― look for the middle-aged man wearing a sonic youth t-shirt (Tape Store), Tuesday, 4 August 2009 07:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Both albums are kinda front-loaded.. if you take the 1st 7 songs from carnavas and the first 5 songs from swoon, it's as solid as a record can get.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 7 January 2010 06:12 (fourteen years ago) link
the acoustic performance they keep playing on Palladia is all i know of 'em
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGtPyeXKFAA
― natlawdp, Monday, 4 April 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://silversunpickups.com/img/products/ultimate-package.jpg
Neck of the Woods is the upcoming third full-length studio album by Los Angeles band Silversun Pickups. The album is to be released on May 8, 2012 on Dangerbird Spain; it will contain eleven tracks.dy Mary (Nerve Endings)." The first single "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)" was released via the band's official YouTube channel on March 25th.
No. Title Length1. "Skin Graph" 2. "Make Believe" 3. "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)"4. "Busy Bees" 5. "Here We Are (Chancer)" 6. "Mean Spirits" 7. "Simmer" 8. "The Pit" 9. "Dots and Dashes (Enough Already)" 10. "Gun-Shy Sunshine" 11. "Out Of Breath"
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
ha, that is what i get for trying to fix it.
i so need an edit button...
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
The Royal We was 2010's Whirring except a little better
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
i was wondering what erryone else thought.
― buzza, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 05:48 (twelve years ago) link
Hi therre!
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
didn't get too into the new album
but they're on letterman tonight
― fauxmarc, Monday, 4 June 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I kinda felt like there was a couple of directions they could've taken their sound and the new album was the one I really hoped the avoided.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 June 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
a few of the songs are great
you could build a great album out of all three records and i tried http://open.spotify.com/user/unbornwhiskey/playlist/6xz1ZTisxz3ecFFU93LeWI
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 4 June 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
sings like a girl
― Poliopolice, Monday, 4 June 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
uh, great commentary.
― fauxmarc, Monday, 4 June 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
most notable thing about them
― Poliopolice, Monday, 4 June 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
I am kinda bummed about this album..
you could build a great album out of all three recordsI'd choose 7 songs from Carnavas and 6 songs from Swoon.. and nothing from the new one. :(
― billstevejim, Monday, 4 June 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
unless the new one contains some massive growers that haven't stuck in my head just yet
― billstevejim, Monday, 4 June 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
"simmer" and "the pit" are both really great, "simmer" particularly in the vein of "the royal we." that build
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 4 June 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
did the letterman thing as an hour-long concert online exclusive thing
http://www.cbs.com/late_night/liveonletterman/silversun_pickups/video/
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
The chorus of "Bloody Mary" is constantly in my head. And they had a stopgap EP thing from last year, and the first song on that is really great - "Seasick." I would add those to your ideal album playlist.
― She Got the Shakes, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeah "bloody mary"'s really worked its way in. "seasick" was on an original draft of the playlist but it felt distinctly lesser than the other songs.
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
they're putting out a greatest hits which looks like it'll probably be their best album
01) Kissing Families02) Lazy Eye03) Well Thought Out Twinkles04) Little Lover's So Polite05) Panic Switch06) Substitution07) The Royal We08) Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)09) The Pit10) Dots And Dashes (Enough Already)11) Cannibal
new song kicks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjunrxUyAc
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 6 January 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
They had a two song single for the last Record Store Black Friday thing and it was supposedly two Carnavas-era songs recently recorded, but I can't find it streaming anywhere. Curious to hear it.
― Walter Galt, Monday, 6 January 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
new album is totally their best, and proceeds logically from "cannibal"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 05:40 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nsJ8hnRkW4
new album, widow's weeds, out june 7. reportedly produced by butch vig. new song is amazing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 April 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
Great video, good song. I don't think I've heard anything from this group since they sounded like Smashing Pumpkins; this one has more in common with DCFC. More importantly. Silversun Pickups - do they make a good living?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 April 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
this is good
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Thursday, 11 April 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
absolutely in love with the guitar tone in this
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 April 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
Can't wait to hear this, but can confirm that the video looks terrible without sound.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 11 April 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
i LOVE the new record
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 7 June 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, April 11, 2019 3:09 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can say this about every song
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 7 June 2019 14:06 (five years ago) link
yeah this is pretty great.
― DT, Friday, 7 June 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
my wife is a big fan of this band now so we went and saw them last night and they were great. wish I'd seen them earlier. i still find all their albums after the first one kind of a samey blur but they were certainly fun in a 90's way live.
― akm, Sunday, 9 February 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link