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Biggest fan of SSPU, Prince, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Metric and in DC area so I love all things cherry blossom and democracy.
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Song of the Day- Out of Breath (From Neck of the Woods) by SSPU. Christopher Guanlao KILLS it on the drums. "The band also wanted more focus on the drums and bass. "Early on, I knew [this album] was going to be the Chris and Nikki show," Aubert says." open.spotify.com/album/6cEwNm...
Neck of the Woods
Silversun Pickups · Album · 2012 · 11 songs
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April 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Song of the day "Busy Bees" from Silversun Pickups' Neck of the Woods album. "Some people wait just for a little bit
Why can’t I wait just for a little bit?"
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https://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/fuse-friday-q-a-silversun-pickups-brian-aubert “A bunch of people with clean automobile records got into car wrecks.  In a two week span there was three car wrecks. Two were me. I was driving back to Silver Lake, where we live, which is about 40 minutes from the Canyon. There was this truck on the freeway and its straps broke loose and these wooden pallets fell off. I didn’t get hit that bad; other people in front of me got hit pretty bad. That was scary. Then about two weeks later, I was driving alone in the Canyon and there was rain and leaves and brush all over the road. I slipped and hit a tree at night. I was pretty shaken at that point. Then somebody who worked with us on the album flipped over driving home. There is a song on the record called “Busy Bees” that explains all those moments. All that transferred into intensity in the studio.”
April 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Song of the day. Brian said, "This bass riff I’ve had in my head for a while, before the pandemic. It’s this really wiry, post-punky thing that I love playing,...while this record was shaping up, it became clear, 'Oh man,I want Nikki to have this sort of ripper.'” youtu.be/VzpFqRLYfGk?...
Brian Aubert: This bass riff I’ve had in my head for a while, before the pandemic. It’s this really, wiry, post-punky thing that I love playing, but I never knew what to really do with it. And while this record was shaping up, it became clear like, “Oh man, I want Nikki to have this sort of ripper.” And I remember thinking a lot about Talking Heads and bands like that — a sparser version of them — and Gang of Four. Originally, we just wanted this really, sparse song. The lyrics are kind of bonkers and backwards, and it’s basically about somebody really struggling because the person they love has fallen into the rabbit holes and unfortunate world of conspiracies and shit. That’s why I’m singing, “I miss you, babe, and I don’t feel right.” What does a person do when somebody they love is gone? Nikki took to that bassline, so she always was practicing that thing, no matter where we were. She wanted to get it so right on the money. And she did it, and it’s a tough one because she’s moving so much. But it was such a sparse song for us, which we really did like. But the language of it didn’t flow with the rest of the record. It was too minimalist. So, we just added bursts of things and feedback and stuff like that. Except for this guitar solo that I was like, “Butch, guys hear me out. I want to do this kind of roaring all of a sudden guitar solo, but it’s going to break down and fall apart, and it’s going to sound like it’s barely holding together, and then we all just come back in” and everyone’s like, “OK, man.” Nikki Monninger: Brian had been running with the idea for this song for quite some time. I was super excited to tackle the bassline, the little inflections were challenging because it moves so fast, but I’m very pleased with how it turned out. —via Consequence
March 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Missing those days we got SSPU Live weekly on Amp. I even had calendar events for each week.
Photo of calendar events for SSPU's old AMP show Digital Thrills and a few of the different prompts for each week.
March 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Fursical Thrills. Though their whole CATalogue is great.
Show me your SSPU swag and pets.
two pictures with my cats and dog sitting on top of my Physical Thrills Concert Swag.
March 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Show me your fan wall!
photo of a wall of framed Silversun Pickups albums, 45s, banners and setlist.
March 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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On track for this year too.
Spotify Wrapped with a photo of Silversun Pickups with the words "You're a top 0.005% fan and you spent 13513 minutes together."
March 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Looks about Right. Silversun Pickups, Silversun Pickups with Butch Vig, and @pjharveyofficial.bsky.social
Spotify Wrapped for February "February was your Indie Sleaze Marimba ALternative Rock phase" You were really into artists like Silversun Pickups, SSVU and PJ Harvey.
March 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Song of the day - RAGAMUFFIN. Sit in a quiet space, close your eyes and let this song go through you and haunt you like a ghost.The buildup is transcendant. Silversun Pickups their best at what they do best.
Should we hesitate?
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Ragamuffin
YouTube video by Silversun Pickups - Topic
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March 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Song of the day Tapedeck by Silversun Pickups
This buildup transports me to a place I can't describe but would live there if I could.
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Silversun Pickups - Tapedeck (Lyrics Video)
YouTube video by Peter van der Holst
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March 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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I'll be in DC. Who is going?
Silversun pickups tour dates for 2025 https://silversunpickups.com/tour/
March 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM