They love the '90s!
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 10/4/06 @ 6:33 PM - altpress.com
[5/5] Yes, the Silversun Pickups sound like the Smashing Pumpkins. They even have a female bass player to make the comparison that much easier. Saying this is nothing new. But what
is new for the L.A. band-after launching their fantastic first full-length following 2005's introductory EP,
Pikul-is that they've really captured the density of their '90s revivalist fuzz-rocking live shows to CD. Always anchored with a friendly hook and sometimes even tender harmonies,
Carnavas' dark/light tunes explode into a controlled chaos of distortion and white noise. "Controlled" is the operative word here, though. So, no matter how much guitarist/singer Brian Aubert & Co. tinker with My Bloody Valentine-esque madness, the jams never venture into the annoyingly drawn-out realm. And that just makes
Carnavas that much more rockin'.
(DANGERBIRD) JR Griffin
Official Website: http://www.dangerbirdrecords.com
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