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Pikul by Silversun Pickups
Pikul is an EP by Silversun Pickups, released in 2005. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Kissing Families”, on 1 list with a best position of #409.
Pikul, Silversun Pickups' debut EP, came out on Dangerbird Records in July 2005, a year before their first album, Carnavas. The title, properly pronounced "pie-kull" rather than "pickle", was the nickname of Douglas Lee Kratz, a friend of the band killed in a 2001 plane crash in Marsh Harbour, and the EP is dedicated to him.
It was pieced together over years: "...All the Go Inbetweens" and "The Fuzz" at a place called The Ship in 2002 and 2003, "Kissing Families" and "Booksmart Devil" at Clearlake Studio in 2004, and "Comeback Kid" and "Creation Lake" at Sunset Sound in 2005. The sound is already theirs: fuzzed-out, churning guitars, hazy melodies and a slow-building roar. "Kissing Families" got the EP's only video and is still a live staple. Stick around after the last song, too: 16 untitled tracks of about 44 seconds each lead to a hidden track, "Sci-Fi Lullaby".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Pikul on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kissing Families | 1 | #409 | – | 2019 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.