''Better Nature'' is the fourth
studio album
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by Los Angeles
alternative rock band
Silversun Pickups. The album was
produced
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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
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and starring ''
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'' actor
Meg Steedle. The album's second single, "Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)," was premiered via
The Daily Beast on September 10, 2015. An accompanying video, directed by
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, was released to
YouTube and
Vevo the following day.
Track listing
* The end of "Tapedeck" leads into "Latchkey Kids" (aka the end of "Tapedeck" is a studio session of "Latchkey Kids" that then transitions into "Latchkey Kids")
Vinyl track listing
Reception
''Better Nature'' received mostly positive reviews.
Charts
Personnel
;Silversun Pickups
* Brian Aubert – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars
* Nikki Monninger – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (6), vibraphone (7)
* Joe Lester – keyboards, synthesizer, sound manipulation, drum machine, sequencer, backing vocals (5)
* Christopher Guanlao – drums, backing vocals (5)
;Additional personnel
* Jacknife Lee – additional keyboards, mixing, production, programming
*
Alan Moulder – mixing
Tour
The tour for Better Nature actually started 15 days before the release of the album.
Setlist
Setlist won't count omissions due to the Sliversun Pickups' weird touring settings.
# Cradle (Better Nature)
(dropped after 22 April 2017)
# Connection
(played on 28 September 2015)
# Well Thought Out Twinkles
# Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)
(played on 10, 27, 28, 29 September 2015, 8 December 2015, 6, 9 May 2016, 23 August 2016, added on 23 April 2017, dropped after 4 May 2017)
# Nightlight
# The Royal We
# Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)
#
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# Pins and Needles
(played on 29, 30 September 2015, 25 April 2017)
# Friendly Fires
#
Latchkey Kids
#
Panic Switch
# Ragamuffin
(dropped after 13 June 2017)
# Vasoline
(played on 5 December 2015)
# Growing Old Is Getting Old
(played on 6 May 2016)
# Rusted Wheel
(played on 26 April 2017)
#
Lazy Eye
# Little Lover's so Polite
NCORE''
# Catch and Release
(played on 10, 28 September 2015, added on 23 April 2017, dropped after 4 May 2017) NCORE''
# Cannibal
(played on 10, 27 September 2015, rarely played from December 2015 to April 2017) NCORE''
# Substitution
(played on 29 September 2015, occasionally played after April 2016) NCORE''
# Three Seed
(played on 14 April 2016, added on 25 October 2016, dropped after 5 May 2017) NCORE''
# Kissing Families
(occasionally played) NCORE''
# Dots and Dashes (Enough Already)
NCORE''
# The Wild Kind
(added on 27 September 2015, dropped after 5 May 2017) NCORE''
References
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2015 albums
Silversun Pickups albums
Albums produced by Jacknife Lee