SILVERSUN PICKUPS CARNAVAS AVAILABLE ON DOUBLE 12INCH VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME, INCLUDES A BONUS 7IN + DOWNLOAD CARD WITH TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS.

If the idea of basement tapes made by Billy Corgan and Doug Martsch appeals to you, say hello to your new favorite band. Silversun Pickups are fairly early adopters of the 1990s revival, but they're not grunge dorks or anything, and they're from L.A. so they dress nice. Their music updates the anthemic but gauzy heavy rock sound that Veruca Salt and the Smashing Pumpkins had down pat. Thankfully, they strip it down and add plenty of finely distorted guitar leads to the whole thing. It's nice. With a spacey, laid-back sound due in no small part to knob-twiddlers Tony Hoffer and Dave Cooley, repeated listens are mandatory. Just don't pass out on the couch.

Side 1:
melatonin
well thought out twinkles
checkered floor
Little lover's so polite

Side 2:
future foe scenarios
waste it on
lazy eye

Side 3:
rusted wheel
dream at tempo 119

Side 4: three seed
common reactor

bonus tracks:
mercury
table scraps