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The Los Angeles band's debut full length blends pop smarts, propulsive, grungy rhythms, and the sensitive vocals of its singer Brian Aubert. Combining elements of Smashing Pumpkins and fey Britpop with a wide-eyed innocence, songs like "Little Lover's So Polite" and "Well Thought Out Twinkles" exude an infectious, joyous energy that propels their hooks and choruses into the subconscious.
Silversun Pickups: Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Christopher Guanlao, Joe Lester.
Recording information: 2006.
Rolling Stone (p.94) - "[The band] show all that's possible when the California sun shines on indie-rock shoegazers....The Pickups' grandiose rock owes a great deal to its Chicago forebears..."
Spin (p.85) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "By turns darkly fuzzy and brightly melodic, CARNAVAS is an auspicious record that manages to evoke a collaboration between Smashing Pumpkins and My Bloody Valentine."
Alternative Press (p.228) - "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."
Magnet (p.108) - "Aubert's vocals are paisley-print detachment one moment and howling catharsis the next, while his insistent pop strumming devolves into waves of guitar and keyboard noise."
CMJ (p.5) - "This L.A. group takes the forlorn moods, sing-a-long choruses and stretched-out codas of current West Coast indie pop and takes them on a starship space ride." Silversun Pickups Carnavas Songs Carnavas Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Take a trip back
Yes it borrows from the Pumpkins, but who cares? This band provides waves of sonic bliss not heard since the original ecstatic days of the shoegazers. A must have.
Submitted by gvos (Chicago, IL) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Amazing
Great album. Spectacular follow-up to Pikul. It hasn't left my CD player since it came out 4 weeks ago.
Submitted by monty.m.mcalpine (Seattle, WA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No shiny spacy pop
to me it's. . .a bit of Garbage, Paramore, mix in a tad of Zwan(Billy Corgan's other band) and you get this. Great songs with a spacy pop feel. my faves are "Lazy Eye" and "Well Thought Out Twinkles". Enjoy it!
Submitted by careyc (KC, MO USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A "Well Thought Out" Album
Silversun Pickups are an amazingly talented Indie band whose songs reverberate with "Muse"-like bass lines and pulsating anthems. Songs such as "Lazy Eye" and "Future Foe Scenarios" deliver a rougher and slicing edge, while others like "Three Seed" and "Rusted Wheel" possess a mysterious and shimmering quality. Perhaps the weakest song on the album is the closer, "Common Reactor" as it ends with a bizarre chain-saw/grating sound for the last 30 seconds. However, the band provides quite a diverse heap of songs which just solidly illustrates their worthwhile attempt to bring meaningful and different music to the world. Keep watch for them for this is a band with something special.
Submitted by Allison (Land of Music)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Amazing... Great Guitar/Vocal/Electronic Work. Impressive!
This album is just amazing... as a guitarist I personally love all of the guitar work on this CD. I also love the vocals and electionics... my favorite songs are Lazy Eye and Future Foe Scenarios. I myself downloaded this CD but it's definitly worth buying, no lie.
Submitted by Ricky (South Jersey, New Jersey.)
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