Prime Day Live Acoustic Performance | October 14

Join Brian this Wednesday (tomorrow) at 1pm PT/4pm ET for a live acoustic performance that will be a part of Amazon’s Prime Day. He will be playing “Toy Soldiers” along with some other SSPU faves! 

You can stream the show via Silversun Pickups’ Twitch HERE. 

“Toy Soldiers” is out now! Stream everywhere & watch the official video HERE! 

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Queen Mary: A Virtual Haunt and Music Festival | Oct. 29 – Nov. 1

Silversun Pickups will be performing at The Dark Zone Network’s Queen Mary: A Virtual Haunt and Music Festival, which takes place October 29-November 1. Exact performance date to be announced soon. Tickets on available now HERE.

The event is a Halloween paranormal event, live-streaming from a haunted ship with celebrity investigators, interviews, music, and more. More details about the event HERE.

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#Pledge46 to Win a Meet & Greet + Signed 7” Vinyl!

Have you registered to vote? Do you have a plan for how you will vote in this year’s election, given the stressful and challenging times we’re living in?

Voter participation is an incredibly important part of our democracy. The attempts we’re seeing to disenfranchise voters and the misinformation being put forth about absentee/mail-in ballots are an affront to free and fair elections, and the best solution is to get educated about the candidates and issues, and to make sure that your voice is heard and your vote is counted.

We want to help get people engaged and to the polls this November 3rd, which is why we partnered with Pledge 46! Pledge 46 now HERE and keep taking action for a chance to win a virtual meet-and-greet with us and one of our limited signed “Toy Soldiers” 7” vinyl.

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Labor Day Sale in the SSPU Shop

There will be a 20% off storewide Labor Day sale September 3-7 in the Official SSPU Shop (sale excludes music and crew relief items). Browse all SSPU merch HERE.

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LIVE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE | JULY 16

Join Brian this Thursday (tomorrow) at 2pm PT/5pm ET for a live acoustic performance celebrating the release of our new single “Toy Soldiers.” He will be playing the new song along with some other SSPU faves!

You can stream the show via Silversun Pickups’ Twitch, YouTube, Twitter & Facebook.

“Toy Soldiers” is out now! Stream everywhere & watch the official video HERE!

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Giraffe Masks & Bandanas to Support Our Crew

Covid-19 has put a heavy financial burden on so many people, including our incredibly loyal crew members, who work so hard to make our shows come to life for our fans. We released the below giraffe masks and bandanas, with 100% of the net proceeds from July sales going directly to our amazing & beloved crew. Both are available HERE.

Thanks for the love & support!

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“Toy Soldiers” Out Now! 

Our latest single “Toy Soldiers” is out now! You can listen to our version of the song & watch the official video HERE. We also have “Toy Soldiers” available on limited 7” vinyl through the official SSPU Shop HERE.

Note from Brian:

We were performing a cover of a song from The Lost Boys soundtrack for a for SiriusXM special and that got us thinking about songs from the ‘80s that we loved growing up, that had a big radio moment and was part of our cultural DNA. A song that you know right away when you hear it. We thought of “Toy Soldiers” as a great example of this and decided we should try and record it.

It’s a song that so many people are familiar with, and it was so important to not mess with the tonic of it. Vocally- this song is carried completely on the melodies, so we made that our anchor. We wanted to make sure it had all the same vocals, melodies and background melodies. The way the vocals are layered – that can’t be moved – that was a must. Vocally- this thing is carried completely on the melodies. We knew that was our anchor. We decided to strike the kid vocals, and this opened up a great space for Nikki.

There’s something about this song that hits me emotionally – this song has always hit me that way. At first, it wasn’t about the lyrics, but the feel of it. To be honest, I was not initially aware what the song was about, but listening to the lyrics, it was clearly about addiction. Someone else’s addiction. It’s pretty painful and very personal. You realize it doesn’t matter what the shell is, what the production is, what the era is…this is obviously a very personal story that at first I wasn’t sure we could touch. We ended up framing it into our own world and we think it works.

The song took a while to wrap our head around once we started recording it with Butch Vig, who clearly knows our history. I don’t think I’ve ever sung this intimately before. This version doesn’t feel bombastic and over the top, it’s crackling and tiny at times. Butch really helped with this. At one point, we thought it was done, but Butch wanted a more complex bridge, and this is where we threw in a curve ball, some weird things, inspired by Johnny Greenwood. The guitar solo during it was very important to me, and we quickly realized that the solo worked during that time period, but not when we did it. We put our weird stamp on it and it really came together. Ultimately, it’s going to feel heightened because it wasn’t our song – that was really fun to conquer.

We recorded this back in January and didn’t know where it would land, but now with this world the way it is, we felt it was a good time to release the song. We just wanted to shine a spotlight on Martika and this song.

: Claire Marie Vogel & Aaron Hymes.

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TOUR CANCELED, HELP #SAVEOURSTAGES

It’s with a heavy heart that today we announce the cancellation of our remaining 2020 tour dates. Your health as well as that of our crew and venue staff is our top priority, and we hope to see you all as soon as we are able. Refunds for all shows will be available at point of purchase. Please stay safe and look after one another.

There is so much music and culture on the line because of the COVID-19 crisis. As artists and fans of live music, we’re afraid of the possibility of losing some of our favorite independent clubs and venues. Please consider supporting the National Independent Venue Association, a group of over 1,600 independent venues and promoters in all 50 states.

We signed a letter that went to congress this past May, and you can help too by heading to SaveOurStages.com. #SaveOurStages

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SSPU PERFORMING ON FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE

Tonight we’ll be performing “Don’t Know Yet” on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, which airs on TBS at 10:30pm ET/9:30pm CT. Check your local listings HERE.

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NEW MUSIC JULY 8TH & 7” VINYL PRE-ORDER

Hi everyone! We’re excited to share that we have new music coming for you on July 8th!

You can pre-save/pre-add HERE to have it appear in your Spotify, Apple Music or Deezer libraries. To make it extra fun, we’re also launching a limited, 7” vinyl pre-order, with the first 250 copies signed! Grab yours HERE.

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Soundcheck Sessions: Songbirds, Substitution, & Friendly Fires

Hi everyone! Over the next few Tuesdays, we’re going share a number of “Soundcheck Sessions,” which includes songs that we play live from time-to-time. They should be a treat for some of you who haven’t seen these songs live, and a fun, behind-the-scenes replay for those who have seen the songs during soundcheck or at one of our shows.

They were recorded live during our soundcheck at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. We’re looking forward to sharing these with you, and we hope they bring some positivity to your quarantine!

We will be releasing these Soundcheck Sessions in full on our IGTV and our YouTube. You can set reminders below to watch on YouTube or keep an eye out on Instagram!

UPCOMING SOUNDCHECK SESSIONS: Songbirds – Tuesday, May 12 at 5pm ET / 3pm PT Substitution – Tuesday, May 19 at 5pm ET / 3pm PT Friendly Fires – Tuesday, May 26 at 5pm ET / 3pm PT

SET REMINDERS & WATCH ON YOUTUBE:

 Jesse Hamm, Silas Durocher, and Laurel Hamm 

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Brooklyn Show Rebroadcast & Merch Deals

Silversun Pickups is re-airing the livestream from their March 6th show in Brooklyn on Friday, April 10 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT with LiveXLive to benefit MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund. Watch on YouTube, Facebook, and LiveXLive.

Please donate what you can to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund HERE.

To thank all of you for your support, especially those we couldn’t see due to the tour postponement, starting at Friday’s rebroadcast of our Brooklyn show and continuing through April 19, our 2020 tour shirts and lithographs will be on sale for $15 and $10, respectively. We are also extending free shipping on all U.S. orders over $75. You can head to our official shop HERE.

These items commemorate this point in time, and we wanted to make them available to you. We hope this helps brighten your time at home and that you and your families stay safe and healthy! Enjoy the show!

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