#Carnavas

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Silversun Pickups: Carnavas (2006)

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Dear listener, this week I feel compelled to bring Tumblr a little slice of music from the Silversun Pickups, who, despite my best and most concentrated efforts to despise their sound, have managed to become endearing to my nearly non-existent heart. Regardless of my sincerest attempts to stop listening to them over a decade or so, this group is SO GOOD at what they do I just cannot manage to quit revisiting their catalog without a semi-religious consistency after being hooked by their intoxicating post-punk sound, and the complete experience that they have to offer. In terms of atmosphere, overall personal resonance, and contextual vibe… I keep returning to this band almost exclusively for their ability to manipulate my gloomy heartstrings like a melancholy violinist on a well-tuned violin. Smash play just above for Lazy Eye from their 2006 debut album, Carnavas, and if you want more, scroll on down.

True story: I tried to hate this band for about two years after I had discovered them (2015 or so). Looking back; I was immature, brash, a little punkass bitch. Also, true story, I have personally determined that hating them is impossible, especially after the emotional ride they have managed to provide for me in my limited time on planet Earth. I have realized that this dialect of rock music just isn’t for me, and still come back for more. They’ve got a lead male singer (Brian Aubert) whose voice registers as feminine to my ears and an overall sound that I would plainly describe as sonic. As of writing this musical recommendation, color me humble… their music is rabid and fervid with beautiful lyrical poetry, genuine passion for their craft, and a unique ability to bring me to the points of my knees just by being sincere and making songs about universal moments. This is a rare musical gem that I enjoy adoring, despite the nature of the force that formed it. The name of the group is derived singularly from the fact that the members early-on in their career picked up their alcohol from a store called Silversun Liquor… making it a Silversun pickup. Further, this group originally had not one, but two romantically involved couples in the lineup. When both couples broke up around the same time, and two members left subsequently, it nearly destroyed any future collaborative work… until around 2006 when they established their permanent lineup and released their first album which went gold by industry standards. I do honestly enjoy their earliest works more so than their later ones, as they had a knack for making me listen to shoegaze without actually wanting to open a vein in the process. Later on, they let their badass lady bassist, Nikki Monninger, take the lead vocal reins and they’ve even rubbed shoulders with industry titans like Butch Vig and Alan Moulder on the production end. Further on in their production cycle (2015-2022) their albums take on a newer, more mainstream sound that still feels groovy but also seems somewhat overproduced to me… as is the nature of getting in bed with music industry big wigs. But hey, that’s no sleight coming from me! I’ve got my headphones on right now and even their overproduced recent stuff is markedly better than approximately 91. 9999% of modern music. I just prefer their earlier stuff, which is why I will dovetail this post with There’s No Secrets This Year from their 2009 album Swoon!

This is a musical group I enjoy very much in spite of the type of music they make. Outside of a few bands here and there, I don’t even think I really like listening to rock music that much at all these days. SP makes my chest feel like it’s full of glitter and silly string, all while causing my head to bob up-and-down uncontrollably at the same time. Great job SP: your tunes actually make me feel something, unlike the rest of these indie/alt rock jabronis. Image source: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-silversun-pickups-2426

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Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles

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Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles 

[saltoemfogoeluz]

I miss being 14.  ❤

[sunbackeddog]

I finally completed the first leg of my holy grail.... It only took three years

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hate being sick fr

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I don’t usually do ask games, but @whoisthisboy​ tagged me in one to share 9 of my favorite albums/songs and why would I ever pass up the chance to foist my questionable music taste on others :)

Top row: Swoon by Silversun Pickups, Neck of the Woods by Silversun Pickups, Better Nature by Silversun Pickups

Middle row: BANNERS by BANNERS, A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay, Lungs (the deluxe edition) by Florence + the Machine

Bottom row: The Horror and the Wild by The Amazing Devil, Cariño by The Marías, Laurel Hell by Mitski

Tbh I have a lot more by almost all of these artists that I love, but after allowing three albums for my current hyperfixation on Silversun Pickups, I couldn’t add more Coldplay or TAD or Mitski, so. this is just a small chunk of my favorite music, but a good chunk.

I’m not going to tag anyone specific, but feel free to participate if you feel like it! :)

[tinovalduvieco]

23è Rua de Carnaval de l'Alt Maresme.

Calella.Pineda de Mar 17-02-2024

©Tino Valduvieco

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#boanoite #naodesista #online #life #seforbebernãodirija #bebacommoderação #instagram #calor #jogadorcaro #carnava#verao2023 #paciencia #estilomasculino #humildadesempre l (em Belo Horizonte, Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoxmqNbO0i0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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La banda platense Guasones vuelve a Montevideo en el marco de la gira presentación de su esperado disco de estudio, «El Huracán Vol. 9» y de los festejos por sus 35 años de carrera.

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PLUMA NEGRA | *** Queda a deber el Carnava.

*** Queda a deber el Carnava. *** Playas de riesgo. Queda a deber el Carnaval La edición número 98 del Carnaval de Veracruz, trastabilló este domingo como resultado de la incapacidad de organización de una fiesta de ese tamaño; las presunciones de El Pollo Pérez Fraga (Antonio se llama), se cayeron una a una el domingo en el segundo Gran Desfile. Las expectativas de lleno total no se cumplieron…

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EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING IT HAPPENED!

LOOK AT THISSSS

Honestly so in love with this I'm a grandma, me and @magpietyy 's love child had a child!!! I'm gonna cry, GO SEND IT LOVE!!!

Makes me want to write more while reading it, best cycle of art omg ;-;

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Melatonin • Well Thought Out Twinkles • Checkered Floor • Little Lover's So Polite • Future Foe Scenarios • Waste In On • Lazy Eye • Rusted Wheel • Dream At Tempo 119 • Three Seed • Common Reactor

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ Youtube

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i was tagged by @tonguetyd thank you sooo much <3

6 albums I've been into lately

orquídeas by kali uchis (i just love kali uchis so much and rn i’m obsessed with te mata)

prelude to ecstasy by the last dinner party (i was so hyped up for this album and it did not disappoint)

dying surfer meets his maker by all them witches (i just met this band and fell in love)

heroine by thornhill (i’m slowly moving to their first album, but i still can’t stop listening to this one haha)

unreal unearth by hozier (cause you know I’M SEEING HIM IN TEN DAYS)

carnavas by silversun pickups (a friend recommended this to me and i’m so grateful it’s so so good)

(and sleep token okay, but if i included them it would take up three slots akjsgakjsg)

im tagging @selfproclaimedunicorn @excelsior9173 @acecubus @huntingteeth (no pressure as always of course 🙃)