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Los Angeles based four-piece Silversun Pickups—which features Brian Aubert (guitar, vocals), Nikki Monninger (bass), Joe Lester (keyboards) and Christopher Guanlao (drums)—confirm new headline dates in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Arizona, Honolulu and more. After last night’s secret show in Seattle the band is adding an additional acoustic secret set in New York City on June 16. You can win tickets to the event via Sofar Sounds HERE and stream the upcoming set live at Facebook.com/SilversunPickups. See below for complete tour dates.
In addition, Silversun Pickups discuss the making of their latest record, Better Nature, as well as starting their own record label in a Scott Weintrob directed mini documentary. The film is a story about friendship, independence and the making of a record. The video can be purchased via Vimeo on demand at http://vimeo.com/ondemand/silversunpickups.
Recently, the official music video for “Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)” premiered on Stereogum. Of the track, Stereogum says it’s, “a healthy dose of melodrama, smoke, and glitter, the band shows off their ability to produce visuals to match their high-energy dream-pop sound.” The song is the latest single off Better Nature, out now on New Machine Recordings.
“Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)” features a duet between lead singer Brian Aubert and bassist Nikki Monninger. Lead vocalist Brian Aubert explains, “I wrote the music for this song but Nikki wrote the lyrics to it. It’s really an homage to a friend of hers that passed away recently. I think it’s the first time Nikki wrote most of the lyrics. We knew we were going to do this duet together and I really knew she had something going on that needed to come out and I’m happy this was the vessel for it.”
The band’s critically acclaimed album, Better Nature, is available now via the band’s newly formed label New Machine Recordings. Under The Radar calls the album “…as propulsive and arena-ready as ever” while the LA Times says it “has a clarity and inventiveness that’s rare for a big band a decade into its career.”
Better Nature is Silversun Pickups’ first new album in more than three years and was produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, Two Door Cinema Club, Crystal Castles), with whom they collaborated on 2012’s Neck Of The Woods. The album was mixed by Grammy award-winning engineer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Royal Blood).
In August, the band released the first single “Nightlight,” which was accompanied by a hallucinatory music film written and directed by legendary filmmaker Mark Pellington (Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam). “Nightlight,” which Absolute Punk called “one of the most deliriously catchy and undeniably immediate songs Silversun has made in their careers,” reached Top 5 on the Billboard and Alternative Radio Charts.
SILVERSUN PICKUPS LIVE
June 6 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox^
June 7 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom^
June 8 – Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre^
June 16 – New York, NY @ TBD*
June 17 – Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
June 18 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
June 20 – Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29^
June 21 – Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine^
June 22 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel^
June 24 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz^
June 25 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall^
June 26 – Columbia, MD @ DC 101 Kerfuffle
July 21 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
July 22 – New York, NY @ Panorama Festival
July 23 – Trumansburg, NY @ Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival
July 25 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
July 26 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
July 28 – Ville De Quebec, QC @ L’imperial Bell
July 29 – Montreal, ON @ Osheaga Festival
July 30 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
July 31 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Music Festival
August 9 – Maui, HI @ MACC Courtyard
August 11 – Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
August 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium**
August 14 – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium**
August 16 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee**
August 17 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre**
August 19 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre**
August 20 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl**
August 21 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort @ Grand Theatre**
August 23 – Bend, OR @ Century Center Events**
August 24 – Boise, ID @ Revolution Center**
August 27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Brent Brown Ballpark**
^ Bear Hands supporting
* acoustic intimate short set at NYC venue –TBD
**A Silent Film and Kiev supporting
