Stream: Silversun Pickups, ‘Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)’

Kevin Bronson on March 26th, 2012

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The first single from Silversun Pickups’ forthcoming third album “Neck of the Woods” (due May 8 on Dangerbird) sounds like a band intent on not repeating itself. Now almost a decade into their career, the foursome were feedback-happy noiseniks in the years leading up to 2006’s “Carnavas” who then distended that sound to stadium proportions on 2008’s “Swoon.” The new single “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)” is still big and still plays to the loud/soft dynamic characteristic of SSPU’s material. But the electronic elements – can’t quite tell, but is that keyboardist Joe Lester flexing his biceps? – make it foreboding and dreamy and pretty irresistible. The new single hits iTunes this week.