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Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (Dangerbird, 2006)
As a music fan that really blossomed in the early 90s, mostly thanks to bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, and Soundgarden, I've often been disappointed that of all the strains of 90s alt-rock that could have been carried forward in to the next decade it had to be the angst-ridden sub-grunge of Creed and Candlebox that took hold. I'm talking about all the Three Days Grace, Seether, and Puddle of Mudd crap that is still clogging up the pores of whatever few alt-rock radio stations are still out there. Thankfully the past decade saw a band willing to strap on their guitars, stomp on their fuzzboxes, and rock out to a slightly different vein of the 90s. On this, their debut full-length, Los Angeles' Silversun Pickups picked up the torch dropped by bands like the aforementioned Pumpkins and Hum; unafraid to drown their pop songs in feedback and aim for the arenas without the navel-gazing self-pity and teenage angst. It is, to be certain, a well-worn formula but one the band wears well, just listen to those undeniable riffs on "Little Lover's So Polite" or their breakthrough hit single, "Lazy Eye". This kind of thing doesn't work for everyone, but as a guy that really latched onto this sound in his formative years - the Pickups roll right up the middle of my alley.
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