Silversun Pickups – Tenterhooks [Black Vinyl LP, Gatefold]

Description

Recorded with Silversun Pickups performing together in a single room, Tenterhooks captures a more immediate approach to tracking, with minimal separation between instruments. The band keeps the focus on performance, building arrangements around guitar, bass, and drums while avoiding additional layering, resulting in a tighter, more direct album structure on ten tracks.

“Empty Nest” opens with a steady, grounded progression, while “Catching The Breeze” introduces more space between phrases and a lighter vocal approach. “Alone On A Hill” slows the pacing with a more restrained delivery, contrasted by “Stay Down,” which brings the tempo forward again with a more driving structure. The album is sequenced with five tracks per side, reinforcing its concise format.

Issued here on standard black vinyl record, this edition features a gatefold jacket with embossed foil stamped text on the cover and includes a full-color printed insert. The black vinyl record presents the album in its primary format, with the foil-stamped cover, insert, and gatefold layout defining the physical presentation of this release.

• Format: Vinyl LP
• Standout tracks: “Empty Nest”, “Catching The Breeze”, “Alone On A Hill”, “Stay Down”
• Pressing details: Standard black vinyl, gatefold, embossed foil stamped cover, full-color printed insert
• Genre/style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
• UPC: 810183320297

“Empty Nest” and “Catching The Breeze” outline the album’s pacing across different tempos. Tenterhooks is structured as a ten-track release with a balanced two-sided format, keeping the focus on concise, performance-based arrangements.

* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

1. New Wave
2. The Wreckage
3. Au Revoir Reservoir
4. Wakey Wakey
5. Witness Mark

Side B:

1. Thorns And All
2. Long Gone
3. Running Out Of Sounds
4. Interrobang
5. Hot Wired