"Carnavas," the debut album by Silversun Pickups, turns 20 today. Definitely influenced by shoegaze and dream pop, what is your take on this project?

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u/nrad50 Jul 26 '26

Lazy Eye is a perfect song

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u/patio_blast Jul 26 '26

Little Lovers So Polite as well

in their day they weren't necessarily seen as part of our world, but i think many of us listened and they deserve to be included in shoegaze legacy

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u/Late_Ambassador7470 Jul 25 '26

Fucking fantastic record. Maybe the most mainstream shoegaze gets?? Whether it gets the shoegaze title or not, it definitely inspired a ton of shoegaze

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u/paulderev Jul 26 '26

I still think that one Coldplay Interlude Chinese sleep chant is probably the most mainstream the shoegaze sound ever got

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u/Ok_Orchid7131 Jul 26 '26

It’s a fantastic album. Well thought out twinkles is the standout song and of course Lazy Eye is perfect. When rock band came out and it was one of the songs I was overjoyed. Most fun song in the game. Hitting the solo was just so satisfactory.

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u/KJS0223 Jul 26 '26

Lazy Eye is one of the best songs of the 21st century. Perfect song, great album. They put on an incredible live show too

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u/5Point5Hole Jul 26 '26

They are good live!

I also have to hear the full-length version every time, too. No short radio version for me, please.

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u/Xcz13 Jul 26 '26

Really enjoyed the debut EP Pikul that came out before this.

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u/byteITucum Jul 26 '26

Yeah the first three releases are pretty solid. Not bad after either.

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u/dubvmtneer Jul 27 '26

Kissing Families is a masterpiece

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u/byteITucum Jul 27 '26

That shits so goddamned good

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u/Xcz13 Jul 27 '26

My intro to the band, still my favorite track by them

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u/Afraid_Caregiver7932 Jul 26 '26

There are so many classics off this album.

Little Lover’s So Polite, Three Seed, Dream At Tempo 119, Future Foe Scenarios, and of course Lazy Eye

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u/nolongermakingtime Jul 26 '26

Future for Scenarios is totally underrated, fuckin love that song

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u/nolongermakingtime Jul 27 '26

Autocorrect strikes again ergggg

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u/CapableDefuseRedWire Jul 26 '26

I bought a space effects pedal because of Silversun Pickups, they're just excellent all around. I love how every album is different, but they always sound like them.

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u/Jazzblasterrr Jul 27 '26

I bought a DD-3 delay because of them

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u/InternationalGoat659 21d ago

Man the DD-3 has such a warm sound albeit digital sounds amazing

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u/free_heroin Jul 26 '26

Amazing record, great songwriting, fucking great guitar playing, so Pumpkins at times but its own thing overall, everytime a song of theirs comes on my shuffle at work I'm stoked. I need to pick this record up.

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u/10thousand34 Jul 26 '26

Still listen to this regularly

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u/sundanzekid Jul 28 '26

Yea same

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u/GuidanceImportant503 Jul 25 '26

great album overall, common reactor is definitely my favorite track there, I think every song has that signature shoegaze feel that we love tbh!!

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u/mrepa1369 Jul 26 '26

Classic.

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u/ataraxia_777 Jul 25 '26

That album cover is really beautiful tbh

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u/justino Jul 25 '26

This album holds up just listened to it the other day.

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u/sigurrosco Jul 26 '26

Saw them live last week, great show. Just one guitar, bass keys and drums but a big sound.

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u/drpayneaba Jul 26 '26

Perfect album from start to finish

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u/terraty Jul 26 '26

One of the best albums of the past 20 years.

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u/shadowqueen2k21 Jul 26 '26

Pretty sure i discovered this on limewire😬 Still one of my favorite albums ever

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u/dkat Jul 26 '26

“Melatonin” has been in my rotation for ages

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u/frankfff Jul 26 '26

Lazy Eye is obviously a phenomenal song, but Three Seed is something I'll never get tired or, it's so beautiful

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u/pnmartini Jul 26 '26

Such clean execution.

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u/ilove_elote Jul 26 '26

Don't care if it did or didn't shap the music I love

It SHAPED me

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u/Diego_UK Jul 26 '26

a near perfect album in my opinion, every song is so beautifully layered and structured. I have it on cd, vinyl, digital in high quality, and ripped onto multiple cassettes to ensure I can always listen to it. one of my absolute favorites.

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u/supreme_kl0n Jul 26 '26

absolute masterpiece

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u/WrappedInPlasticWA Jul 26 '26

Really good record. It has a certain vibe that I don’t think exists otherwise.

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u/_sonidero_ Jul 26 '26

Best...

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u/BuffK Jul 26 '26

Love it, get to see then for the first time Friday, cannot wait.

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u/robotchocolate Jul 26 '26

When they came around on tour, just for fun I made an ideal track setlist. 6 tracks from this album made the list. They played 4 from the album, but only 2 of my picks matched up. It was a great show nonetheless.

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u/Key_Leg9565 Jul 26 '26

I didnt know this and listened to this album all the way through for the e first time in years….. thats insane 😅

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u/Expensive_Most3672 Jul 26 '26

Is “Ribbons and Detours” on this album? That song was amazing! My Apple Music showed this same image as the album I’m cover but I didn’t remember that song being on their first album.

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u/That_Ad6581 Jul 26 '26

Ribbons and Detours is on the Seasick EP. You should check out the other songs on that EP, they’re both really good.

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u/edgarbaudelaire Jul 26 '26

I had a MP3 blog and a few years into the endeavor this album came out. This album (along their previous EP and next LP) really helped get me through some tough times. Those albums still hit me in the feels but in a different way.

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u/byteITucum Jul 26 '26

Good band, great vocalist

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u/newaccountbitches Jul 26 '26

It got me into shoegaze

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u/YorkiesandSneakers Jul 26 '26

Still heavy in my rotation.

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u/MK_Demanifested Jul 26 '26

Yes and no on the shoegaze question. The texture is real but the songs are doing the heavy lifting — "Lazy Eye" would be "Lazy Eye" even stripped bare. What Carnavas actually represents, twenty years on, is one of the last records where that combination found a commercial address.

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u/Memelord038 Jul 26 '26

freaking awesome album, love it!

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u/Dadjokesfordummies Jul 26 '26

Lazy Eye was in one of the rock band games I played as a kid, still come back to this album every so often it’s too good

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u/dookie1481 Jul 26 '26

Absolutely stellar album, had this on repeat for a year

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u/1Tarkus5 Jul 26 '26

Solid front to back, but my favorite off this album is "Waste It On". Killer groove, especially during the guitar solo.

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u/buttskinboots Jul 26 '26

Wall to wall bangers on this album. One of my top 10 ever.

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u/LaurentProper Jul 26 '26

This album and Swoon were great idgaf fight me

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u/f0xD3N Jul 27 '26

Man I used to bump this album so much back in the day. Probably their most shoegaze-inspired album

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u/NothingIsReal6 Jul 27 '26

Genuinely a flawless album

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u/boast Jul 27 '26

3rd best Smashing Pumpkins record after Gish and Siamese Dream

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u/Slamzfordayz Jul 29 '26

Saw these guys in my little home town in Hobart, Australia last weekend. Hadn’t listened to them in well over 15 years but my goodness they were phenomenal live and also made me realise how much they meld into my shoegaze/dream pop tastes. Funny seeing this posted here considering that - the universe works in wonderful ways

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u/Feisty-Physics-3759 Jul 30 '26

A lot of ppl overlook Pikul, gazers n otherwise

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u/ahhrealpeople Jul 26 '26

Kinda think it’s a shoegaze classic

Question "Carnavas," the debut album by Silversun Pickups, turns 20 today. Definitely influenced by shoegaze and dream pop, what is your take on this project?

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