But we have strings again, which we hadn’t done for a couple of records. Silversun Pickups perform “It Doesn’t Matter Why” in bed. The album had to be done in two separate blocks of time, since Vig had Garbage tour plans already on the calendar, which left Silversun Pickups with a break between sessions. '”Vig and mixer Billy Bush helped Silversun Pickups craft a confident, extroverted album in which every instrument is clearly audible in the mix. “It Doesn’t Matter Why” will appear on Silversun Pickups’ just announced fifth studio album Widow’s Weeds. Widow’s Weeds strikes a perfect balance between provocative noise and distortion, and lush, introspective pop tranquility.The band members also decided not to go overboard layering on instruments and sounds, which contributed to the album’s clearer approach. At the end of the day, it’s going to be much better and much more fulfilling when you get through it.”For more information about Silversun Pickups check out their Watch the video for “It Doesn’t Matter Why” (directed by Suzie Vlcek) below: It was wild. The band admitted that everything in between, including how the rest of Widow’s Weeds was sequenced and how the album unfolded, often surprised the band.“We didn’t know exactly which emotional level the lyrics were going to start at,” Aubert says.
And then as they were coming out, it was like, ‘No, they sound like they’re kind of mourning.’ I couldn’t quite put them all together.”To make sense of these ideas, Silversun Pickups enlisted a long-time friend: producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth).
“That’s scary at first. “Then it was like, now we’re back into the record, and writing again. During that gap in time, Lester’s father passed away. Just do it. 106.7 KROQ – The World Famous KROQ. The band members—which, in addition to Aubert, include bassist Nikki Monninger, drummer Christopher Guanlao and keyboardist Joe Lester—were also in agreement with the album’s starting point (the urgent synth-rocker “Neon Wound”) and closer (the aggressive, throttling “We Are Chameleons”). The timing didn’t feel right until now, Aubert says.
Physical tickets available at the box office.Silversun Pickups w/ The New Regime at Marathon Music Works in Nashville, TN “I’m really proud of him for coming through all this. “But we started as friends first, and we care about each other—you know, this is our second family. We played stuff for people. “That’s all Butch. Sit back and enjoy the tickets to the show from TicketSmarter when you see Silversun Pickups with all their other fans at the event.
“Doing this in front of people is so much more enlightening, and really helps you focus on things,” Aubert says.
After their incredible performance in the HD Radio Sound Space, the Silversun Pickups sat down with Nicole Alvarez to chat about their favorite things in pop culture, their development as a band, and their most recent album "Widow's Weeds". We would have probably gone a totally different direction if it wasn’t for him hearing that this once-intimate, mellow song can be really boastful and rocking.”In the end, recording with Vig surpassed the band members’ already-high expectations.
The album’s more restrained moments also maintain this crispness. There’s less trying to put Vaseline on the lens.”Over the years, Silversun Pickups have racked up 210 million worldwide streams and 10 Top 20 hits on Billboard‘s Alternative Songs chart, led by 2009’s ferocious chart-topper “Panic Switch.” Nearly 20 years after the band formed, it’s not lost on Monninger that they’re one of the few groups they’ve grown up with who have sustained a career. “I was like, ‘Are they going to be angry, with these crazy times?’ Everything seems so polarized and bizarre and scary. Don’t be afraid.’Absolutely no refunds - no exceptions. That led me to start drinking in a different way, that I never did before.”As a result, Aubert—who was already feeling “emotionally closed off,” as he puts it—fell into a deep depression. Lineups and times are subject to change. “I feel Brian’s lyrics have gotten more direct over the last couple of records. We’d play a little mixing and things like that. According to a press release, the record was created in the midst of vocalist-guitarist Brian Aubert fighting off a “deep depression” and finding sobriety.“The record does have a mourning vibe, but it’s not sad,” he says.
“Not just with Butch, but with people around us. Guanlao noticed that the vocalist was opening up to him and the rest of the band more, and allowing himself to be more vulnerable, while Monninger observed increased clarity. Your entire party will enjoy the tickets while watching this great event seeing Silversun Pickups. All of these things affect you.
“Finally, I was just like, something big has to happen.” His solution was getting treatment and getting sober during the gap between recording sessions—a decision that immediately improved his mental health and creative outlook.Unsurprisingly, Aubert also had a much different perspective on his Widow’s Weeds lyrics post-treatment, and understood more what messages he was trying to convey with the album. Tickets available at the door (if not sold out). If that means going outside of his comfort zone, so be it. “It was like, ‘okay, this has actually been really good; he’s gotten stuff that has probably been bothering him for a long time sorted out.’”In a nod to Aubert’s healthier mindset—and in a big change from past working environments—the members of Silversun Pickups welcomed friends and family into the studio as they were recording.