Carnavas

Carnavas
Studio album by
Silversun Pickups
ReleasedJuly 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)
RecordedJanuary – April 2006
StudioBeer Wine Fish, Echo Park; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length55:54
67:50 (vinyl release)
LabelDangerbird
ProducerDave Cooley
Silversun Pickups chronology
Pikul
(2005) 		Carnavas
(2006) 		Live Session
(2007)
Singles from Carnavas
  1. "Lazy Eye"
    Released: February 2007
  2. "Future Foe Scenarios"
    Released: May 21, 2007
  3. "Well Thought Out Twinkles"
    Released: July 2, 2007[1]
  4. "Little Lover's So Polite"
    Released: February 12, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press[3]
IGN9.1/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
NME[6]
Pitchfork5.0/10[7]
PopMatters7/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Spin[10]

Carnavas is the debut studio album by alternative band Silversun Pickups. It was released on July 25, 2006. "Carnavas" is a surname from the Greek side of lead guitarist and vocalist Brian Aubert's family.[11] Some suppliers were also given copies of The Tripwire Session: Live in Chicago, a four-track EP.

The album generated two successful singles on the US Modern Rock chart. "Lazy Eye" hit number 5 in 2007 and "Well Thought Out Twinkles" reached number 9 in 2008. Carnavas has sold more than 500,000 copies and was certified gold in the US on May 31, 2018.[12]

Artwork

The CD cover for Carnavas is a slightly edited partial image of artist Darren Waterston's 2004 painting entitled Summit. The inlay, also featured on the Silversun Pickups' website and Myspace page, is titled "Becoming Tree".

The song "Rusted Wheel" was used during the end credits roll of the film Puncture. The song "Well Thought Out Twinkles" is featured on the soundtrack of the skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground on top of being downloadable content for the games Rock Band and Rock Band 2 along with "Melatonin".

Similarly, "Lazy Eye" is a playable song in both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour. The song is also featured on the Forza Horizon soundtrack, on the "Horizon Rocks" station [13] and also featured in television advertising for New World supermarkets in New Zealand. The band has performed "Lazy Eye" on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Later With Jools Holland, and Last Call with Carson Daly.

The music video for "Lazy Eye" received airplay on MTV, MTV2, MTVU, VH1, Fuse, MuchMusic, MTV (Latin America), International Music Feed and many other international broadcast outlets. The popularity of the "Lazy Eye" music video led to the creation of a VH1 "Pop-Up Video" version[14] and it was among the MTV2 Subterranean "Viewers Top 20 Music Videos of 2007" list.[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Silversun Pickups (Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Joe Lester, Christopher Guanlao)

Carnavas track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Melatonin"4:04
2."Well Thought Out Twinkles"4:02
3."Checkered Floor"4:51
4."Little Lover's So Polite"4:58
5."Future Foe Scenarios"5:20
6."Waste It On"4:13
7."Lazy Eye"5:54
8."Rusted Wheel"6:00
9."Dream at Tempo 119"4:51
10."Three Seed"5:40
11."Common Reactor"6:01
Vinyl bonus track
No.TitleLength
1."Mercury"5:38
2."Table Scraps"6:18
Total length:11:56

Vinyl edition

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Melatonin"4:04
2."Well Thought Out Twinkles"4:02
3."Checkered Floor"4:51
4."Little Lover's So Polite"4:58
Total length:17:55
Side B
No.TitleLength
5."Future Foe Scenarios"5:20
6."Waste It On"4:13
7."Lazy Eye"5:54
Total length:15:27
Side C
No.TitleLength
8."Rusted Wheel"6:00
9."Dream at Tempo 119"4:51
Total length:10:51
Side D
No.TitleLength
10."Three Seed"5:40
11."Common Reactor"6:01
Total length:11:41

The 2 bonus tracks come on a 7" in some vinyl editions of the album, along with a card to download both the tracks online.

Personnel

  • Brian Aubert – guitar/vocals
  • Nikki Monninger – bass/backing vocals
  • Christopher Guanlao – drums
  • Joe Lester – keyboards
  • Dave Cooley – producer
  • Tom Biller – engineer
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing

Charts

Album

Chart performance for Carnavas
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 84
US Billboard 200[18] 80
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19] 5

Singles

Chart performance for singles for Carnavas
Year Single Chart Peak
position
2007 "Lazy Eye" US Billboard Modern Rock[20] 5
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[21] 2
US Billboard Pop 100 91
US Billboard Modern Rock Songs (Year-End Charts) 17
2008 "Well Thought Out Twinkles" US Billboard Modern Rock[20] 9

Tour

Carnavas Tour
Concert by Silversun Pickups
Associated albumCarnavas
Start dateJuly 6, 2006
End dateSeptember 28, 2008
Legs[N/A]
No. of shows226 shows

The Carnavas Tour, the first ever major Silversun Pickups tour, kicked off on July 6, 2006.[22]

Only around 50 shows have known setlists out of the 226 shows as of October 1, 2022.

Set list

[23]

  1. "Well Thought Out Twinkles"
  2. "Dream at Tempo 119"
  3. "Rusted Wheel"
  4. "Little Lover's So Polite"
  5. "Future Foe Scenarios"
  6. "Kissing Families"
  7. "Lazy Eye"
  8. "Common Reactor"

Other songs

[24] list does not include cover songs

  • "The Royal We" (played on 28 September 2008)
  • "Panic Switch" (played on 24 March 2007, 7, 28 September 2008)
  • "There's No Secrets This Year" (played on 24 March 2007)
  • "Booksmart Devil" (played on 15 September 2007)
  • "Checkered Floor" (played on 24 March 2007, 19, 20 October 2007)
  • "...All the Go Inbetweens" (played on 13 August 2006, 12 April 2007, 8, 10 May 2007, 29 June 2007, 27 July 2007, 15 September 2007, 19, 20 October 2007, 17 November 2007)
  • "Melatonin" (occasionally played from July 2006 to November 2007)
  • "Comeback Kid" (played on 13 August 2006, 14 November 2006, occasionally played from April to November 2007, played on 29 March 2008)
  • "Waste It On" (played on 29 July 2006, 14 November 2006, occasionally played from April to November 2007)
  • "Three Seed" (occasionally played from April to November 2007)

References

  1. ^ "Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Karan, Tim (October 4, 2006). "Silversun Pickups - Carnavas". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "Silversun Pickups - Carnavas". 24 July 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-01-07. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Clarke, Betty (25 May 2007). "Silversun Pickups, Carnavas". The Guardian. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  6. ^ Silver, Dan. "Silversun Pickups". NME. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "Silversun Pickups: Carnavas". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ Begrand, Adrien (2 August 2006). "Silversun Pickups: Carnavas". PopMatters. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "Rolling Stone : Carnavas : Review". Rolling Stone. September 2, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02.
  10. ^ Gowing, Liam (August 2006). "SILVERSUN PICKUPS - Carnavas". Spin. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  11. ^ "Selected Seattlest Interview: Brian Aubert of Silversun Pickups". Seattlest. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
  12. ^ "RIAA May 2018 Awards" (PDF). RIAA. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  13. ^ "Soundtrack - Forza Horizon Wiki Guide". IGN. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  14. ^ "VH1 Pop Up Video (2011) collection". Archive.org. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  15. ^ "NEWS: MTV2 Subterranean Top 20 Videos". VideoStatic. 14 May 2010.
  16. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 252.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Silversun Pickups – Carnavas" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  18. ^ "Silversun Pickups Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  19. ^ "Silversun Pickups Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  20. ^ a b "Silversun Pickups Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  21. ^ "Silversun Pickups Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  22. ^ "Search for setlists: tour:(Carnavas) (page 23) | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm.
  23. ^ "Silversun Pickups Average Setlists of tour: Carnavas | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
  24. ^ "Silversun Pickups Tour Statistics: Carnavas | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.