Silversun Pickups Tenterhooks

Silversun Pickups' New 2026 Studio Album Tenterhooks on LP.

The GRAMMY Award-nominated Los Angeles quartet Silversun Pickups create with a sense of urgency, eloquence and intensity all at once. They throw caution to the wind, but they do so with panache. This push-and-pull has catapulted the group - Brian Aubert [vocals, guitar], Nikki Monninger [bass, vocals], Christopher Guanlao [drums], and Joe Lester [keys] out of a crowded and competitive local scene and into the wide open space of some of the world’s biggest stages, buoyed by Top 10 albums, Platinum success, and tastemaker acclaim, leading them to thrive as one of this century’s most consistent and quietly impactful rock bands.

Now, Silversun Pickups meet the moment with their seventh full-length LP, Tenterhooks [New Machine Recordings]. It’s an anxious, emotionally charged, and unapologetic collection of ten tracks appropriate for the times, yet as timeless as anything they’ve done.

“We wanted to make a tight record that could fit on one vinyl with five songs on each side,” says Aubert. “To me, it’s an impatient, apprehensive, and more aggressive album. We started recording when the world was changing again. You invariably wonder, ‘What are we headed towards?’ Even if you’re not necessarily writing about it, it bleeds into how you’re feeling and approaching life. We stripped things down and went louder and rawer.”

“There was something in the air,” he observes. “It seemed as if everyone was on Tenterhooks waiting for whatever was next. The music has the same feeling.” The first single “The Wreckage” evokes this energy. Harmonics encircle a loose bassline as it winds around the punchy beat.

Tenterhooks, produced by Garbage’s Butch Vig, represents both a full circle moment and a natural step forward for SSPU. Their full-length debut, Carnavas [2006], went Gold and spawned the Platinum staple “Lazy Eye.” On its heels, they logged two back-to-back Top 10 entries on the Billboard 200 with Swoon [2009], featuring the Gold-certified “Panic Switch,” and Neck of the Woods [2012]. Coursing through culture, they have landed dozens of film and television placements, ranging from the cult classic Jennifer’s Body to NETFLIX’s The Lincoln Lawyer.

They’ve held their own on tours with the likes of Foo Fighters and Muse, sold out successive headline jaunts, and performed on late-night television shows such as Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! Moreover, they have incited widespread critical applause. Pitchfork hailed 2022’s Physical Thrills as “their most varied and carefree songs in over a decade,” and Consequence marveled at how, “the new LP sees the veteran quartet finding new avenues to push the envelope within their well-established sound.”