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Swoon by Silversun Pickups

Swoon

Release Date: 1/1/2009

Recording Date: 4/2009

Tracks: 10

Label: Dangerbird/Warner Bros

Type: CD,LP

Genre/Styles:
Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock

Album Tracks (10)

Song Title
Length
1.
There's No Secrets This Year
05:33
2.
The Royal We
04:47
3.
Growing Old Is Getting Old
05:53
4.
It's Nice to Know You Work Alone
04:46
5.
Panic Switch
05:43
6.
Draining
04:55
7.
Sort Of
05:27
8.
Substitution
04:41
9.
Catch and Release
04:39
10.
Surrounded (Or Spiraling)
04:45

What the Critics Say

Silversun Pickups hold Smashing Pumpkins as close to their heart as, say, Mudhoney hold the Stooges -- perhaps even more, as Silversun Pickups (whose very initials are the same as the Pumpkins) act as though nothing happened between Siamese Dream in 1993 and Swoon in 2009. Try as they may, the bandmembers cannot deny the passage of time, or their geography, for Silversun Pickups are creatures of their time and place, just as their idols were. At their core, the Pumpkins were Midwestern misfits, something that was evident in their very appearance and sound. In contrast, Silversun Pickups shimmer sweetly on the surface, a sound suited for Los Angeles. Silversun Pickups avoid unpleasantness on Swoon, wallowing in washes of sound derived equally from guitars and whispered vocals and glimmering in the sunlight. It's pleasant enough, particularly when the breathy vocals fade away to leave behind cascades of guitars, but still remains an approximation of Smashing Pumpkins at their peak. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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