From the Once-Fertile Loins of Alt-Rock
Productivity is at historical lows as a result of the delightfully quirky stylings of the Silversun Pickups. It might be worth your time to locate a DMCA-questionable instance of a YouTube video for the song “Lazy Eye,” which is so Smashing Pumpkins-esque I’m about to put water all in my hair and headbang in front of my 2 Watt laptop speakers.
I also have a high-quality version courtesy of ClearChannel’s poor website security, and the inherent vulnerability of the mms protocol to elegant destruction.
Having a girl playing bass just adds to the Pumpkins-related fun; all we need is for the lead singer to shave his head and don the Zero shirt of olde.
I have to say the video “plot” is a bit hackneyed, but I think the video is more about differentiating the vocal timbre of the lead singer from the girl, since the tonality is so elevated from your normal rock vocals (pre-emo, at least).
I’m not ready to crown them kings (and queen, I suppose), but it’s nice to hear some real sound coming from a band these days. They sort of remind me of Straylight Run, only maybe a bit more sustainable past one awesome mellow song.