Silversun Pickups front man Brian Aubert says that the band's eagerly awaited April 14 disc Swoon "sounds like a nervous breakdown", but in these treacherous psychological times we would argue that the Pickup's fuzztoned majesty tempered with Aubert's boyish vocal splendor may be just what the doctor ordered. We mean, how can you not like a band that finds 350k album buyers their first time out based on substantial airplay on near-perfect songs called "Lazy Eye" and the classic "Well Thought Out Twinkles"?

Follow up to the L.A. quartet's sumptuous 2006 full length debut Carnavas, Swoon again taps producer Dave Cooley for an album that simply starts with compelling songs and promises greatness. And real live guitar solos. What a concept. New track "Panic Switch" hits radio March 17.

"Silversun’s secret weapons are the achingly potent melodies of their songs, which poke their lovely, shy heads out and ultimately proclaim their power in rare shades of melancholic ardor. While so many bands oft-claim supreme melody as the underpinning of their noise, with the Pickups it can claim moral superiority: Silversun radiates palpably great melodies that – the real test – simply won’t leave you alone no matter how you try to shoo them away."

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