Carnavas [Bonus Tracks] (2008)

About this title: Carnavas, the debut full-length from L.A.'s Silversun Pickups, is the sort of record that brings something new to discover with each listen. Thus, listen one is as enjoyable as listen five or ten, but probably for entirely different reasons, since unique bits continuously appear from the band's dream haze of accessibly textured indie rock. From the grainy opening of "Melatonin" that blends into strikingly harmonized male/female vocals, the quartet immediately showcases their innate sense of melody amid textured atmospherics and layers of distortion and fuzz, which all come across as both ... read more

Tracks:

1. Melatonin [Silversun Pickups]
2. Well Thought out Twinkles [Silversun Pickups]
3. Checkered Floor [Silversun Pickups]
4. Little Lover's So Polite [Silversun Pickups]
5. Future Foe Scenarios [Silversun Pickups]
6. Waste It On [Silversun Pickups]
7. Lazy Eye [Silversun Pickups]
8. Rusted Wheel [Silversun Pickups]
9. Dream at Tempo 119 [Silversun Pickups]
10. Three Seed [Silversun Pickups]
11. Common Reactor [Silversun Pickups]
12. Mercury [Silversun Pickups]
13. Table Scraps [Silversun Pickups]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.