Silversun Pickups is one of those bands I like because of a few songs rather than full albums. When I get one of their albums I know most of it will be dispensible but one or two songs will be really good. This song, “Growing Old Is Getting Old”, is “the song” from their new record, Swoon.
Aside from sharing initials with their most obvious influence, The Smashing Pumpkins, Silversun Pickups shares the same fuzzed-out guitars, a penchant for atmospheric keyboards, melodic base lines, the ability to create songs with great moods, and a guy singer with a voice that is a little higher than the average male’s range. I love the Pumpkins but like their pupils they kinda fall into the too prolific category - I still hold that if Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness had been a single disc, and 12 songs trimmed down from 28, it would’ve been a real masterpiece.
Anyway, enjoy “Growing Old Is Getting Old”. It makes me think of driving at night back home; something we’ll be doing in the near future.
