Better Nature
Better Nature is the fourth studio album by Los Angeles alternative rock band Silversun Pickups. The album was produced by Jacknife Lee, and was released on September 25, 2015. It is the first of the band's albums to be released on their own label, New Machine Records; as well as their first to be supported by a Pledgemusic campaign. The album was announced on July 15, 2015. The lead single for the album, "Nightlight," was released to radio on August 6, 2015. It was accompanied by a music video, directed by Mark Pellington and starring Boardwalk Empire actor Meg Steedle. The album's second single, "Circadian Rhythm," was premiered via The Daily Beast on September 10, 2015. An accompanying video, directed by Scott Weintrob, was released to YouTube and Vevo the following day.
Track listing
- The end of "Tapedeck" leads into "Latchkey Kids"
Personnel
;Silversun Pickups- Brian Aubert - lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars
- Nikki Monninger - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals, vibraphone
- Joe Lester - keyboards, synthesizer, sound manipulation, drum machine, sequencer, backing vocals
- Christopher Guanlao - drums, backing vocals
- Jacknife Lee - additional keyboards, mixing, production, programming
- Alan Moulder - mixing
Tour
The tour for Better Nature started 15 days before the release of the album.Setlist
Setlist won't count omissions due to the Sliversun Pickups' weird touring settings.- Cradle
- Connection
- Well Thought Out Twinkles
- Bloody Mary
- Nightlight
- The Royal We
- Circadian Rhythm
- The Pit
- Pins and Needles
- Friendly Fires
- Latchkey Kids
- Panic Switch
- Ragamuffin
- Vasoline
- Growing Old Is Getting Old
- Rusted Wheel
- Lazy Eye
- Little Lover's so Polite '
- Catch and Release '
- Cannibal '
- Substitution '
- Three Seed '
- Kissing Families '
- Dots and Dashes
- The Wild Kind ''''''