Silversun Pickups’ urban-alternative album titled “Swoon” debuted April 14, 2009. This unknown artist has already climbed to number seven on the Billboard Top 200. 

The record has a crisp, smooth sound full of rock that will leave you hitting the replay button on a few of the songs. This band has a metropolitan, eerie sound that sounds like a mesh between the Smashing Pumpkins and the Pixies with a hint of Pearl Jam. 

The record has a humble 10 tracks that are manifested with a laid-back rock vibe full of instrumentals. The first track titled “There’s No Secrets This Year” starts with the electric guitar and an obnoxiously repetitive chorus “I will tell you a secret/there’s no secrets this year.” 

Once you get past the first annoying song the second track is better, titled “The Royal We.” It is about falling out of love, with some woodwinds in the background. 

The third track is bluntly named “Growing Old is Getting Old” with slow and quiet lyrics that creep up with the one beat guitar rhythm. The song is weak and boring and should be skipped over. 

The fourth track, titled “It’s Nice to Know You Work Alone,” is much better with a stern guitar beat that grabs the listener at the beginning of the song. The lyrics are confusing: “sit back and breathe/it’s nice to know you work alone.”

“Panic Switch” is the single of the album and is noticeably superior to the other tracks. However, like the other songs, the lyrics still do not make sense:  “Could I be anything you want me to be/when you see yourself in a crowded room/do you think I sleep with a panic switch?” 

The sixth track “Draining” is lower key and is my favorite on the album. It is the only song that had logical lyrics that was well connected with the backdrop music. 

“Sort of” at number seven is another great song with all the high notes in place; it will leave the song replaying in your head. It has more of a rock tone, but contains mumbled lyrics that again don’t make sense. 

Silversun Pickups has an intimate rocker sound with some humming instrumentals, but lacks any talent when it comes to its lyrics. It is confusing trying to decode their mumbled words. 

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bullshit  - bullshit   |2009-04-30 02:27:07 this is bullshit! with so much good local music why do spend your time on bands that will never come to laramie! pull your head out and write about our scene...our are you afraid to get involved in the scene... laramie is so closed minded and apathetic, glad to see the BI is doing NOTHING to change it! Reply 0   0

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