Pikul

The first national release from LA's best kept secret. Produced and mixed by Rod Cevera (Weezer, Warlocks).

Silversun Pickups coalesced in the east-side Los Angeles enclave of Silverlake. The area's thriving music community has spawned many a critical darling, including Earlimart and Autolux. Local camaraderie developed further when a handful of these bands formed a loose collective known as The Ship. They play together, live together and appear on each other's albums, as demonstrated by the six-song Pikul: "All the Go In Betweens" was recorded by Earlimart's Aaron Espinoza.

Said the Los Angeles Times of Silversun Pickups' sonic signature: "The band's sound is distinctive - over Nikki Monninger's loping, occasionally acrobatic bass lines, [frontman Brian] Aubert sings in a faintly tortured voice, and his penchant for painterly guitar textures is played out in dreamy layers or neck-snapping cascades of riffage Neil Young would love."