Win Tickets ($80): Silversun Pickups @ Crystal Ballroom | Alternative Rock
We are giving you another chance to WIN a pair of tickets to Silversun Pickups @ Crystal Ballroom on February 14. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed February 5.
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From our sponsors:
Silversun Pickups
February 14, 2024
6:30PM, 8PM Show | $35-$40 ADV, $40-$50 Doors
More info: crystalballroompdx.com
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209
Silversun Pickups’ sixth album Physical Thrills came together as a serendipitous accident during a dark time. The LA band began 2020 by touring in support of their record released the previous year, Widow’s Weeds. But the pandemic halted those plans, with the members including guitarist and singer Brian Aubert, bassist Nikki Monninger, drummer Christopher Guanlao, and keyboardist Joe Lester, finding themselves stuck at home. In that resting period, Aubert wasn’t focused on Silversun Pickups; instead, he channeled his energy into taking care of his son, Nico, while his wife Tracy worked.
But as much as his focus initially shifted from the band, he couldn’t escape the new melodies germinating in his head. “I would sneak off and start writing these songs, and I didn’t know what they’re for because I didn’t really think about Silversun on any level. I was just doing it to keep myself calm and keep myself company,” says Aubert. The songs were so different from what he’d previously written for Silversun Pickups that he initially thought he was writing a musical. There were “dream shanties,” gentler vocals, horror-inspired sounds, and other exciting new elements coming to mind.
Once the band began working on Physical Thrills together, they made some of Silversun Pickups’ most stunning songs yet. The record doesn’t depart drastically from the sound the band’s fans know and love, but rather enhances it with previously-unexplored fixtures at play.
Physical Thrills was colored by the pandemic, but isn’t meant to be solemn; instead, Aubert explores his own comfort in the temporary, newfound isolation. There’s a juxtaposition of playfulness with angst from having so much time to process untapped emotions. That’s something that comes through in the album’s instrumentation, too, with wide-ranging sounds that transform according to the weight of the lyrics.
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The song lazy eye plays constantly in my head 😂 My favorite venue!!
Would LOVE to go to this! Bring me back to important moments in my youth 😀
High School Memories! Pick me!
These tickets would be a great birthday gift for my husband!
My adult daughter and I love this band and I would like to take her to see them. I recently lost my job so tickets would be very helpful.
I’ve been loving these guys for years and would love to see them live.
Omg! Talk about nostalgia! I’d love to time travel to my youth at this show.
What a great first show this Would be with my love on valentines day! 💝🥰
I love them!!! Pick me!!
I’ll be your Valentine! 🙂
silversun pickups is one of my favorite bands and I’ve never been able to see them live!
Been a huge fan since college and would love the chance to be able to see them live!
Because they’re awesome!!
My husband is a big fan! Would love to go to show for Valentines Day ❤️
My favorite band at my favorite venue! And my husband has never seen them live, so….. please and thank you! You guys are the best!
Been wanting to see them for years.
Love the Silversun Pickups! It would be great to see them again!
This would be a great concert to take my girlfriend to!!
Lazy Eye is such a vibe. Would love to see them live!
I’d be so grateful to win the giveaway to see silver sun pickups and add this classic alt band to my repertoire of live shows at the crystal! Thanks!
RACECAR, LEVEL, NOON
I know my girlfriend would love going to this with me on Valentine’s Day! Thanks for the opportunity.
Lazy Eye is a song I’ve played on repeat more than possibly any other song. I would love watch them with my partner on Valentines Day ♥️
It is a lovely venue and they have such a nice ethereal sound!
My partner is a long time fan of them and would be stoked to see them!
Would love the chance to see the Silversun Pickups with my love!
Sounds like a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
yes please
I’ve been waiting for this moment! Silver sun pick me! 🖤
Perfect date night!
How fun! Would be a great Valentines Day!!
ahhhh … Silversun Pickups brings me back to simpler times, riding in the car through tree-canopied Illinois backroads in my mom’s minivan after soccer practice while performing hexes on her in my mind for taking away my cellphone and preventing me from seeing boys I liked. At the time I felt 10 feet tall blasting their music. And it still makes me feel that way sometimes. As a musician myself now, it would be great to see them and see how they make the magic happen.
This would be so awesome! Great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
Because Three Seed is one of my favorite songs 💜 Also never been to the Crystal Ballroom and would love the chance to check it out while watching an amazing band!!
I would love to take my wife to a concert on Valentine’s Day! Concerts are everything to us!!
I am gonna win!