With all of the early Smashing Pumpkins comparisons to live down (if you ever heard Gish you know what I’m talking about), LA’s Silversun Pickups (named after a package liquor store in the area) put forth a lot more rock than I was expecting. Like Band of Horses earlier this year, my wife hipped me to this band during a Letterman performance, and it left me interested. Here’s the single from their long player that came out earlier this year called Carnavas.

Silversun Pickups – Well Thought Out Twinkles