Widow's Weeds (CD)

Silversun Pickups have always considered their sonic density a source of pride, their four studio album revealing additional sonic gifts with each subsequent spin, and their fifth album, Widow's Weeds, is no exception. The band members were in agreement with the album's starting point (the urgent synth-rocker Neon Wound) and closer (the aggressive, throttling We Are Chameleons). The band admitted that everything in between, including how the rest of Widow's Weeds was sequenced and how the album unfolded, often surprised them.

To make sense of these ideas, Silversun Pickups enlisted producer Butch Vig. Vig and mixer Billy Bush helped Silversun Pickups craft a confident, unrestrained album in which every instrument is clearly audible in the mix. Cure-like keyboards hold their own against riffs on Neon Wound and the spring-loaded It Doesn't Matter Why. In the end, recording with Vig surpassed the band members' already-high expectations. "He really listens to each band member, and he puts a great value on each individual, and what they can add to the music," Monninger says. "It was very collaborative with him. He's such an easygoing person, and he put everybody at ease." 

During this time, the band members were wrestling with challenges in their personal lives. Lester's father passed away. Aubert, meanwhile, found himself in an extremely dark place, for reasons he couldn't immediately explain. "I didn't know how to get out of it," Aubert says. "Finally, I was just like, something big has to happen." His solution was getting treatment and getting sober during the gap between recording sessions—a decision that immediately improved his mental health and creative outlook." The record does have a mourning vibe, but it's not sad," he says. "It's change. It's growing up and moving on and letting go of things. And it's okay to be sad about those things and mourn them. It's actually healthy to do so and take the time to do it. At the end of the day, it's going to be much better and much more fulfilling when you get through it."

Widow's Weeds ends up being about rebirth and renewal. For Aubert, moving forward involves staying connected to his own self (and remembering to prioritise self-care) and being attuned to creative impulses when they arise. “If that means going outside of his comfort zone, so be it,” Aubert says. "This album feels the most naked out of all of them."

TRACKLISTING
1. Neon Wound
2. It Doesn't Matter Why
3. Freakazoid
4. Don't Know Yet
5. Straw Man
6. Bag Of Bones
7. Widow's Weeds
8. Songbirds
9. Simpatico
10. We Are Chameleons

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