Concert Preview: Silversun Pickups w/ Joywave
Showbox, Seattle, WA
06.06.16
A decade in, and the Silver Lake, CA-based Silversun Pickups are touring their fourth full-length album, Better Nature. The critically-acclaimed gem, produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, Two Door Cinema Club, Crystal Castles) and mixed by Grammy award-winning engineer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Royal Blood), sees the band fleshing out their trademark atmosphere into cinematic scope.
Full of aggressive guitar solos and anthemic choruses, there’s a dynamism in SP’s new work that also focuses on being “human” but veers into synth-pop territory. The band’s boldly ethereal melodies and brooding lyrical turns are complemented by a wider palette of experimentation, finessed, via production, into a smooth, melodramatic dream.
Catch them June 6, as they headline Seattle’s Showbox, with electro-pop openers Joywave.
Preview by Stephanie Dore
