![]() Bassist Nikki Monninger and drummer Christopher Guanlao certainly give Better Nature a bottom end that suits a rock record, and Aubert delivers these songs like they have anthemic potential, but the pulsing sequencers and clouds of keyboards are the sounds that ultimately define Better Nature, and while the homage is less overt (and less specific to any one group), sometimes this album suggests Silversun Pickups have simply traded in one dominant influence for another. Instead, Joe Lester's keyboards step to the forefront on these sessions, and Better Nature is full of clean surfaces and sweeping synthesizer patches that at times suggest a full-bodied variant on '80s synth pop, a sound reinforced by the clean, precise but lively production from Jacknife Lee. The group's melodies are little changed, and the scope of the production and arrangements still leans to big sounds and broad dynamics, but this time out, Brian Aubert's guitars are audibly less interested in commanding their surroundings. The Los Angeles-based alternative outfit have long coveted the scale and the drama of Smashing Pumpkins in their glory days, but on their fourth album (and the first for their own New Machine label), 2015's Better Nature, Silversun Pickups are still thinking big but with a more streamlined approach. setlist.fm.One could argue that in the year 2015 you can do better for a musical role model than Billy Corgan, and it sounds as if Silversun Pickups are slowly but surely reaching a similar conclusion. ^ "Silversun Pickups Tour Statistics: Better Nature | setlist.fm".^ "Silversun Pickups Average Setlists of tour: Better Nature | setlist.fm".^ "Silversun Pickups Chart History ( Billboard 200)".^ " – Silversun Pickups – Better Nature".^ "Silversun Pickups - Better Nature"."Listen to Silversun Pickups' Dreamy New Song, 'Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)' ". ^ Beth Kellmurray (11 September 2015)."Silversun Pickups release cinematic video for new single, "Nightlight" ". "Silversun Pickups Announce New Album Better Nature". "Silversun Pickups announce new album, 'Better Nature,' will be released in September". ^ "Review: Silversun Pickups - Better Nature - Sputnikmusic".^ "Album Review: Silversun Pickups – Better Nature".^ "Better Nature - Silversun Pickups - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". ![]() ^ "Better Nature by Silversun Pickups".The Wild Kind (added on 27 September 2015, dropped after ).Kissing Families (occasionally played).Three Seed (played on 14 April 2016, added on 25 October 2016, dropped after ).Substitution (played on 29 September 2015, occasionally played after April 2016).Cannibal (played on 10, 27 September 2015, rarely played from December 2015 to April 2017).Catch and Release (played on 10, 28 September 2015, added on 23 April 2017, dropped after ).Growing Old Is Getting Old (played on ). ![]()
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