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Carnavas by Silversun Pickups
Carnavas is an album by Silversun Pickups, released in 2006. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 83 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Lazy Eye”, on 54 lists and voted number one three times.
Carnavas, the debut album from Silversun Pickups, came out on Dangerbird Records on July 25, 2006, and it's a gorgeous racket: alternative rock with guitars layered into a thick, buzzing haze and melodies peeking out through the fuzz like streetlights through fog. The odd title is a surname from the Greek side of the family of Brian Aubert, the band's singer and lead guitarist, whose high, keening voice slices right through the din.
"Lazy Eye" is the monster, a slow-burning tower of distortion that keeps climbing until it tips over, and it reached number 5 on the Modern Rock chart in 2007. "Well Thought Out Twinkles" followed it to number 9 in 2008, a tighter, twitchier blast, and "Little Lover's So Polite" shows the band can do sweet and menacing at the same time.
It kept selling long after the buzz faded, passing 500,000 copies and going gold in the US on May 31, 2018.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Carnavas on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazy Eye | 54 | #1 | 3 | 2006–2026 | |
| 2 | Well Thought Out Twinkles | 22 | #11 | – | 2007–2014 | |
| 3 | Little Lover's So Polite | 7 | #57 | – | 2008–2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.