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SILVERSUN PICKUPS AT THE MOORE THEATRE, SEATTLE

BY MEGAN PERRY

Silversun Pickups:  Showbox SoDo: Seattle, WA

As the house lights dimmed, a sustained synthesized chord began pushing its way through the PA system. The lush sound triggered a deep wash of red light and dark gray theater smoke. From behind the sanguine scene, the Silversun Pickups (Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Joe Lester, and Nikki Monninger), who made a name for themselves for over two decades as harborers of harsh indie-dream-rock, materialized with Nikki’s ominous bassline and Chris’ hypnotic kickdrum beat rising surreptitiously into the air. The trademark introductory notes to “Growing Old is Getting Old” from the band’s 2009 release Swoon were soon fused with Joe’s eerie synths along with Brian’s ethereal guitar sounds and haunting vocals. The song grew in intensity through the duration of its atypical structure until the band unleashed an all-out blast of hardcore dissonance during the very last bridge of the song which had the harsh chords careening into the crevices of Seattle’s historic Moore Theatre.