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NO WEEDS IN THIS GARDEN

In their 19 years of sonic pandemonium, the Californian heart-thumpers in Silversun Pickups have refused to mellow out. Their valiant, overdrive-heavy alt-rock has remained persistently vivid and thundering, with frontman Brian Aubert using each song as a new excuse to beat his heart and soul down to a powerful, spirited, impossibly catchy pulp.

Widow’s Weeds is no exception. Coming five years after its predecessor – the shimmery and cerebral Better Nature – the ten-track anthology takes its listener by throat and throws them down

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