Apparently I never actually talked about the Silversun Pickups show I went to in October. For posterity, the show was on October 23, 2012.
I don't even know the name of the opener that I saw anymore because it's been so long. It was either Cloud Nothings or Atlas Genius. I think it was the latter (I missed the other one, unfortunately). But apparently the lead guitarist had a cool shirt on. Only I can't see why it was cool because my picture sucks :(
Musically, they weren't too bad. They were much more interesting when they weren't trying to sing though. The guitar work was good, but when he was singing, it was just rhythm. I really enjoyed it more when he was being intricate. It was kinda punk and reminiscent of Upstanding Youth. It also started drifting more towards metal for some stuff.
Silversun Pickups were fun. I swear, though, that man's singing voice really does not fit his face. I say singing voice because it turns out he actually sounds like a guy when he's just talking. But they had good energy, and a good use of lights, as evidenced by:
The drummer was also very energetic/bouncy. He fit the band about as well as Flyleaf's bassist fits that band.
News to me, by the way, was that at the time they had a replacement bassist, Sarah, because apparently Nikki, their normal bassist was out, pregnant! With twins! ...she may have given birth by now.... I'm sure that was really exciting for her, though. Yay for new fanclub members!
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