Official Silversun Pickups DLC Thread

[TkDiamonD]

Would love to see:

Substitution
Growing Old is Getting Old
The Royal We
Kissing Families

Edit: and I'll have to give the new album a listen!

[FlyGuyLXI]

Just heard their new album and I might probably listen to it more to see how well it sinks in.

A couple of stand-outs ("Skin Graph", "The Pit") but so far it's their weakest album.

[Doughoef]

Just heard their new album and I might probably listen to it more to see how well it sinks in.

A couple of stand-outs ("Skin Graph", "The Pit") but so far it's their weakest album.

I've been streaming it and I'm still going to buy it tomorrow, but I agree it definitely does not hold up to the last 3. I think there are too many mid-tempo songs that all sound alike.

[DMX1337]

I'm waiting to get my ultimate package of the new album (woo autographs etc.!), but I've been listening to the new album like crazy.

Wants:
-Three Seed
-The Royal We
-It's Nice to Know You Work Alone
-Catch and Release
-Skin Graph*
-Mean Spirits*
-The Pit*
-Dots and Dashes (Enough Already)*
-Gun-shy Sunshine*
-Out of Breath*

* = new album tracks

[Doughoef]

I'm waiting to get my ultimate package of the new album (woo autographs etc.!)

Congrats!! I saw a picture of them autographing them the other day.

[madillma]

I've been enjoying the new album. It is hard to compare to the others -- very different, more creative, the songs typically have several movements that differ in tone quite a bit from each other... it's like prog and post-grunge had a baby.

Definitely some great standouts, though -- actually I think "Bloody Mary", the first single, is one of the worst songs on the album. (I guess the melody is more pop-friendly? It does tend to stick in your head)

My favorites are:

Busy Bees
The Pit
Out of Breath
Make Believe
Skin Graph

Really, the whole album is great, but a lot of the songs start slow and take about 2 minutes to build, so it takes some patience if you're more into hard alt-rock.

All of the above songs would make fantastic RB songs, of course! But I'll buy anything HMX releases. And still wishing we had The Royal We!

[madillma]

Oh and most importantly, this is an album you cannot judge based by streaming it on your computer speakers. These songs are heavily nuanced with lots of dynamics changes. There is a lot going on under the melody. I was not impressed when listening to it off the PC, but the album on good speakers is a whole different experience.

[BohemianMatt]

I'm definitely feeling the prog effort here as well. I remember last year, SSPU's twitter mentioned that they couldn't help but record some super long songs, but they all came out great.

I was also put off by Bloody Mary, but the rest is awesome, notably Simmer, Busy Bees, and Make Believe.